SCARCE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SPECIAL ORDER SMALL BORE TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 160063. Cal. 22 short. Standard grade rifle, with special order 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight & semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver is takedown style that utilized a tapered pin to secure the bbl into the frame. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate without trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum Research Request sheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 22, with 26″ oct bbl and plain trigger received in warehouse Mar. 6,1885 and shipped the next day to order number “19268”. The takedown feature is not mentioned. Standard bbl length for the Model 1873 was 24″. Also accompanied by a copy of Mr. Yearout’s Collection inventory card which indicates he purchased it from his son, Leyton Z. Yearout. Also accompanied by copies of several pages from an unidentified book furnishing information about the Model 1873 caliber 22 rifles and the takedown feature. PROVENANCE: Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: About very good. Bbl retains 60-70% orig blue turning brown with freckles of surface spotting and a few nicks on the sharp edges; outer magazine tube is a plummy/brown patina; receiver retains traces of orig blue in sheltered areas being mostly a blue/brown patina; forearm has a crack by the right bbl channel with a bruise on the left side and usual nicks & scratches. Buttstock has usual handling & use marks, nicks & dings and retains most of an old restored finish. Forearm has a hand worn patina. Bolt is missing the extractor, otherwise mechanics are fine; worn dark bore with visible rifling. 4-53830 JR52 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2043

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Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

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	2043	$5,175.00	SCARCE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SPECIAL ORDER SMALL BORE TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 160063. Cal. 22 short. Standard grade rifle, with special order 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight & semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver is takedown style that utilized a tapered pin to secure the bbl into the frame. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate without trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum Research Request sheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 22, with 26″ oct bbl and plain trigger received in warehouse Mar. 6,1885 and shipped the next day to order number “19268”. The takedown feature is not mentioned. Standard bbl length for the Model 1873 was 24″. Also accompanied by a copy of Mr. Yearout’s Collection inventory card which indicates he purchased it from his son, Leyton Z. Yearout. Also accompanied by copies of several pages from an unidentified book furnishing information about the Model 1873 caliber 22 rifles and the takedown feature. PROVENANCE: Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: About very good. Bbl retains 60-70% orig blue turning brown with freckles of surface spotting and a few nicks on the sharp edges; outer magazine tube is a plummy/brown patina; receiver retains traces of orig blue in sheltered areas being mostly a blue/brown patina; forearm has a crack by the right bbl channel with a bruise on the left side and usual nicks & scratches. Buttstock has usual handling & use marks, nicks & dings and retains most of an old restored finish. Forearm has a hand worn patina. Bolt is missing the extractor, otherwise mechanics are fine; worn dark bore with visible rifling. 4-53830 JR52 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2043 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - Fall 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 1873 SPECIAL ORDER SMALL BORE TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.