RARE DELUXE SPECIAL ORDER FACTORY ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 23282. Cal. 45-60. Second model ’76 with rare 24″ oct to rnd bbl, button magazine, half nickel front sight, 1000 yd ladder rear sight and thick base mid-range vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. Receiver is 2nd type with attached dust cover rail with 3rd type dust cover. Mounted with highly figured, center crotch, flame & shell grain American walnut that has H-style checkered forearm and straight stock with smooth steel shotgun buttplate. The serial number on lower tang is only partially visible with three partially legible numbers which appear to be “282” or “232”. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “232”, “XX” and an “S”. Matching assembly number is also found inside top tang channel of buttstock. Inside toe of buttplate, which is a replacement is marked with the assembly number “74”. Receiver, side plates and forend cap are nicely engraved by L.D. Nimschke in foliate arabesque patterns with several of the side plate scrolls terminating in flower blossoms. Side plates and front flats have double line borders. Light engraving patterns extend over top & bottom of receiver, dust cover, top tang and forend cap. Accompanied by a Winchester Gun Museum letter which identifies the rifle with serial number “23282” in caliber 45-60 with 24″ 1/2 oct bbl, case hardened with checkered stock, shotgun butt, plain trigger and 1/2 magazine shipped Sep. 13, 1883. Also accompanying is a copy of Mr. Yearout’s Collection inventory card which shows that he purchased this rifle in Jul. 1964 from well known dealer/collector Jim Aplen of Sturgis, SD. A note on the back of the card relates that Mr. Aplen had purchased this rifle from a pawn shop in Junction City, KS in 1963 or 1964. PROVENANCE: Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Good. No orig finish remains on the metal being mostly a cleaned, mottled silver and brown patina. Receiver is a grey metal color with scattered silvered case colors, results of having been cleaned. Wood is sound with usual handling & use, nicks & scratches and retains about 85-90% orig varnish with dark oil staining around the wrist, buttplate and on the forearm. Mechanics are fine; worn dark bore. 4-53806 JR59 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2058

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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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	2058	$8,050.00	RARE DELUXE SPECIAL ORDER FACTORY ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 23282. Cal. 45-60. Second model ’76 with rare 24″ oct to rnd bbl, button magazine, half nickel front sight, 1000 yd ladder rear sight and thick base mid-range vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. Receiver is 2nd type with attached dust cover rail with 3rd type dust cover. Mounted with highly figured, center crotch, flame & shell grain American walnut that has H-style checkered forearm and straight stock with smooth steel shotgun buttplate. The serial number on lower tang is only partially visible with three partially legible numbers which appear to be “282” or “232”. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “232”, “XX” and an “S”. Matching assembly number is also found inside top tang channel of buttstock. Inside toe of buttplate, which is a replacement is marked with the assembly number “74”. Receiver, side plates and forend cap are nicely engraved by L.D. Nimschke in foliate arabesque patterns with several of the side plate scrolls terminating in flower blossoms. Side plates and front flats have double line borders. Light engraving patterns extend over top & bottom of receiver, dust cover, top tang and forend cap. Accompanied by a Winchester Gun Museum letter which identifies the rifle with serial number “23282” in caliber 45-60 with 24″ 1/2 oct bbl, case hardened with checkered stock, shotgun butt, plain trigger and 1/2 magazine shipped Sep. 13, 1883. Also accompanying is a copy of Mr. Yearout’s Collection inventory card which shows that he purchased this rifle in Jul. 1964 from well known dealer/collector Jim Aplen of Sturgis, SD. A note on the back of the card relates that Mr. Aplen had purchased this rifle from a pawn shop in Junction City, KS in 1963 or 1964. PROVENANCE: Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Good. No orig finish remains on the metal being mostly a cleaned, mottled silver and brown patina. Receiver is a grey metal color with scattered silvered case colors, results of having been cleaned. Wood is sound with usual handling & use, nicks & scratches and retains about 85-90% orig varnish with dark oil staining around the wrist, buttplate and on the forearm. Mechanics are fine; worn dark bore. 4-53806 JR59 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2058 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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RARE DELUXE SPECIAL ORDER FACTORY ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.