*SCARCE WINCHESTER 3RD MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION MUSKET.

SN 571036. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade musket with 30″ bbl, full magazine, square base front sight/socket bayonet lug and 900 yd musket ladder rear sight. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered American walnut with full length forearm, secured by three bands. Buttstock has straight grip with carbine/musket buttplate with trap. Center forearm band & buttstock have factory sling loops. Only about 5% of the total production of about 720,000 Model 1873 arms were muskets, made primarily for off-shore markets. Somewhere around the mid 20th century a cache of virtually new 1873 muskets was discovered in Nicaragua, purchased and returned to the United States still in their orig packing crates with slings, bayonets & cleaning rods. This musket was probably one of that lot, now having had its bayonet, sling & cleaning rod misplaced. Although there are a number of these very high conditioned 1873 muskets in circulation they are still a very rare find. CONDITION: Extremely fine, probably unfired. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 99% crisp orig blue with minor thinning around the muzzle from bayonet installation; receiver, as is usually found on these pristine muskets, has a few light nicks & scratches from contact with other muskets in the shipping crates; lever & hammer retain brilliant case colors; buttplate retains brilliant case colors on the tang, a little muted on the face. Wood is sound with 2 or 3 small bruised on the forearm and a small splinter near the receiver and overall retains virtually all of its crisp orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp; brilliant shiny bore; may have been fired, but if so, very little. 4-53741 JR124 (6,000-8,000) – Lot 2050

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2050	$5,750.00	SCARCE WINCHESTER 3RD MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION MUSKET. SN 571036. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade musket with 30″ bbl, full magazine, square base front sight/socket bayonet lug and 900 yd musket ladder rear sight. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered American walnut with full length forearm, secured by three bands. Buttstock has straight grip with carbine/musket buttplate with trap. Center forearm band & buttstock have factory sling loops. Only about 5% of the total production of about 720,000 Model 1873 arms were muskets, made primarily for off-shore markets. Somewhere around the mid 20th century a cache of virtually new 1873 muskets was discovered in Nicaragua, purchased and returned to the United States still in their orig packing crates with slings, bayonets & cleaning rods. This musket was probably one of that lot, now having had its bayonet, sling & cleaning rod misplaced. Although there are a number of these very high conditioned 1873 muskets in circulation they are still a very rare find. CONDITION: Extremely fine, probably unfired. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 99% crisp orig blue with minor thinning around the muzzle from bayonet installation; receiver, as is usually found on these pristine muskets, has a few light nicks & scratches from contact with other muskets in the shipping crates; lever & hammer retain brilliant case colors; buttplate retains brilliant case colors on the tang, a little muted on the face. Wood is sound with 2 or 3 small bruised on the forearm and a small splinter near the receiver and overall retains virtually all of its crisp orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp; brilliant shiny bore; may have been fired, but if so, very little. 4-53741 JR124 (6,000-8,000) – Lot 2050 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 3RD MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION MUSKET.