RARE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 LOW WALL SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE.

SN 42031. Cal. 22 LR. Rare low wall with 27-5/8″ #2 weight oct to rnd bbl, windgauge globe front sight, no rear seat & vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. Mounted with very highly figured, at least 3-X with H-style checkered, black insert, Schnable tip forearm & black insert, serpentine grip buttstock with deep cheekpiece & nickeled brass Swiss buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “3060”, “XXX” & “SBC”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside buttplate. Inside buttplate is also hand-scratched “BILL SMALLMAN MALONE, NY”. Bbl has the usual 2-line Winchester address on the top flat with the Cal. “22 Long”. Bbl is relined and rechambered to 22 “Long Rifle” and is marked on the bottom right flat, under the forearm “REBORED & RIF’L’D BY J.STEPHENS A & T, CO, CHIOPEE FALLS, MASS”. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum records office worksheet which identifies this rifle in Cal. 22L, 28″ #2 1/2 oct bbl, plain trigger with checkered pistol grip stock, Swiss butt with cheekpiece, no rear seat with mid-range vernier & windgauge sights received in warehouse Sept 5 1890 and shipped same day to order number 16125. Undoubtedly, this was someone’s prized target rifle which had an eroded bore necessitating the re-lining and re-boring. Although there were almost 140,000 Model 1885 rifles produced, extremely few deluxe low wall examples are known and of those few retain orig configuration or high orig finish. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching, forearm is unnumbered but is absolutely matching in color, condition & wood grain. Bbl, as noted, retains about all of a restored finish, probably accomplished at the time of re-boring. Receiver, breechblock, hammer & lever retain virtually all of their orig strong case colors, moderately faded. Wood is sound with a few minor nicks & dings and retains virtually all of its brilliant orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore that needs a good cleaning. 49854-1 JR88 (5,500-8,500) – Lot 2048

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Auction: Firearms - March 2016

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	2048	$0.00	RARE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 LOW WALL SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE. SN 42031. Cal. 22 LR. Rare low wall with 27-5/8″ #2 weight oct to rnd bbl, windgauge globe front sight, no rear seat & vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. Mounted with very highly figured, at least 3-X with H-style checkered, black insert, Schnable tip forearm & black insert, serpentine grip buttstock with deep cheekpiece & nickeled brass Swiss buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “3060”, “XXX” & “SBC”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside buttplate. Inside buttplate is also hand-scratched “BILL SMALLMAN MALONE, NY”. Bbl has the usual 2-line Winchester address on the top flat with the Cal. “22 Long”. Bbl is relined and rechambered to 22 “Long Rifle” and is marked on the bottom right flat, under the forearm “REBORED & RIF’L’D BY J.STEPHENS A & T, CO, CHIOPEE FALLS, MASS”. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum records office worksheet which identifies this rifle in Cal. 22L, 28″ #2 1/2 oct bbl, plain trigger with checkered pistol grip stock, Swiss butt with cheekpiece, no rear seat with mid-range vernier & windgauge sights received in warehouse Sept 5 1890 and shipped same day to order number 16125. Undoubtedly, this was someone’s prized target rifle which had an eroded bore necessitating the re-lining and re-boring. Although there were almost 140,000 Model 1885 rifles produced, extremely few deluxe low wall examples are known and of those few retain orig configuration or high orig finish. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching, forearm is unnumbered but is absolutely matching in color, condition & wood grain. Bbl, as noted, retains about all of a restored finish, probably accomplished at the time of re-boring. Receiver, breechblock, hammer & lever retain virtually all of their orig strong case colors, moderately faded. Wood is sound with a few minor nicks & dings and retains virtually all of its brilliant orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore that needs a good cleaning. 49854-1 JR88 (5,500-8,500) – Lot 2048 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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RARE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 LOW WALL SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE.