SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 37849. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade, 2nd Model rifle with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, button magazine, replacement front sight & early style heart-shaped rear sight with checkered edges. Tang is mounted with an unusual reproduction sight with small eye disc. Receiver is 2nd Type with attached dust cover rail and 2nd Type dust cover with impressed, checkered thumbprint. Dust cover screw is a replacement. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle with oct bbl, plain trigger & half-magazine, received in warehouse Sept 23, 1879 and shipped Oct 7, 1879 to order number 17385. This rifle was manufactured at the height of the Indian Wars on the Western frontier when any repeating firearm was in great demand. Those arms of that era usually saw very hard service under extreme conditions and are rarely found today in orig configuration with any orig finish. CONDITION: Good. Traces of finish remain in the most sheltered areas being an overall smooth, plummy/brown patina on the bbl with mottled thin patina on the receiver. Lever & hammer are matching patina. Wood is sound with nicks & scratches and has the remains of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine. Strong dark bore. 50153-1 JR218 (2,500-4,000) – Lot 2024

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Auction: Firearms - March 2016

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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	2024	$2,300.00	SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 37849. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade, 2nd Model rifle with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, button magazine, replacement front sight & early style heart-shaped rear sight with checkered edges. Tang is mounted with an unusual reproduction sight with small eye disc. Receiver is 2nd Type with attached dust cover rail and 2nd Type dust cover with impressed, checkered thumbprint. Dust cover screw is a replacement. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle with oct bbl, plain trigger & half-magazine, received in warehouse Sept 23, 1879 and shipped Oct 7, 1879 to order number 17385. This rifle was manufactured at the height of the Indian Wars on the Western frontier when any repeating firearm was in great demand. Those arms of that era usually saw very hard service under extreme conditions and are rarely found today in orig configuration with any orig finish. CONDITION: Good. Traces of finish remain in the most sheltered areas being an overall smooth, plummy/brown patina on the bbl with mottled thin patina on the receiver. Lever & hammer are matching patina. Wood is sound with nicks & scratches and has the remains of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine. Strong dark bore. 50153-1 JR218 (2,500-4,000) – Lot 2024 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - March 2016 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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SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.