SCARCE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 DELUXE LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE.

SN 90564. Cal. 45-90. Unusual rifle with rare 22″ oct bbl, full magazine, Marbles gold bead improved front sight, Lyman 6A 2-leaf folding rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with about 3X, flame & shell grain, center crotch American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and black insert serpentine grip buttstock with crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang is marked with assembly number “150” and “XXX”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver, lever, hammer, forend cap & buttplate are nickel finish. These half nickel rifles were usually ordered by wild west showmen and are occasionally found with smooth bores. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl retains about 70-75% thinning, dull, orig blue that is turning to a smooth plummy patina; magazine tube retains about 90% orig blue; receiver retains 50-60% orig nickel with the balance worn to bare metal; forend cap, lever & hammer retain traces of nickel; buttplate is gray metal patina. Stock has a hairline back of top tang and a gouge on side of the forearm, otherwise wood is sound and retains all of a fine restored finish with freshened checkering. Mechanics are fine, brilliant shiny bore. 4-51494 JR282 (6,000-10,000) – Lot 1142

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1142	$11,500.00	SCARCE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 DELUXE LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE. SN 90564. Cal. 45-90. Unusual rifle with rare 22″ oct bbl, full magazine, Marbles gold bead improved front sight, Lyman 6A 2-leaf folding rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with about 3X, flame & shell grain, center crotch American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and black insert serpentine grip buttstock with crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang is marked with assembly number “150” and “XXX”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver, lever, hammer, forend cap & buttplate are nickel finish. These half nickel rifles were usually ordered by wild west showmen and are occasionally found with smooth bores. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl retains about 70-75% thinning, dull, orig blue that is turning to a smooth plummy patina; magazine tube retains about 90% orig blue; receiver retains 50-60% orig nickel with the balance worn to bare metal; forend cap, lever & hammer retain traces of nickel; buttplate is gray metal patina. Stock has a hairline back of top tang and a gouge on side of the forearm, otherwise wood is sound and retains all of a fine restored finish with freshened checkering. Mechanics are fine, brilliant shiny bore. 4-51494 JR282 (6,000-10,000) – Lot 1142 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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SCARCE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 DELUXE LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE.