DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 378815. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Deluxe ’73 with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, nickel silver Rocky Mountain front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver is 3rd type with integral dust cover rail and 3rd type dust cover. Reciever is also small bore type with stepped receiver ring. Mounted with about 3X, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and black insert, serpentine grip buttstock that has crescent buttplate with trap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “239” which number is also found inside toe of buttplate. Top tang channel of buttstock is covered in a heavy coating of old wax & crud and no number was visible. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 38 with oct bbl, plain trigger, case hardened and checkered pistol grip stock, received in warehouse March 23, 1891 and shipped next day to Order #1241. This rifle likely would have been owned by someone of more than average means such as a rancher, law enforcement officer or a gentleman hunter. CONDITION: Good. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 85% restored blue; receiver, lever, hammer & buttplate retain about 90% restored case colors with the left sideplate heavily cleaned. Stock has a fine hairline by the top tang, otherwise wood is sound with tiny nicks & scratches and retains about all of a restored finish. Mechanics are fine, worn dark bore with shootable rifling. 4-55395 JR356 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 1210

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Auction: Firearms - March 2015

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
	1210	$4,025.00	DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 378815. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Deluxe ’73 with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, nickel silver Rocky Mountain front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver is 3rd type with integral dust cover rail and 3rd type dust cover. Reciever is also small bore type with stepped receiver ring. Mounted with about 3X, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and black insert, serpentine grip buttstock that has crescent buttplate with trap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “239” which number is also found inside toe of buttplate. Top tang channel of buttstock is covered in a heavy coating of old wax & crud and no number was visible. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 38 with oct bbl, plain trigger, case hardened and checkered pistol grip stock, received in warehouse March 23, 1891 and shipped next day to Order #1241. This rifle likely would have been owned by someone of more than average means such as a rancher, law enforcement officer or a gentleman hunter. CONDITION: Good. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 85% restored blue; receiver, lever, hammer & buttplate retain about 90% restored case colors with the left sideplate heavily cleaned. Stock has a fine hairline by the top tang, otherwise wood is sound with tiny nicks & scratches and retains about all of a restored finish. Mechanics are fine, worn dark bore with shootable rifling. 4-55395 JR356 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 1210 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - March 2015 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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DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.