WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 61976. Cal. 40-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and 1886 marked ladder rear sight. Receiver has single set trigger. Mounted with uncheckered, slab-sawed American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal 40-60 with oct bbl and set trigger, received in warehouse Oct. 18, 1889 and shipped same day to order number 4056. This rifle was manufactured in 1889 at a time when the west was wild and large bore repeating rifles were in great demand. They usually saw very hard and continuous frontier service under extreme conditions and are rarely found today with any orig finish. CONDITION: Very fine. Receiver, bbl, magazine tube & forend cap retain 98-99% crisp orig blue under a coating of old dried oil, with only faint sharp edge wear and a few freckles on the receiver; lever & hammer retain strong case colors, faded on outer faces of lever. Stock has a couple small gouges in the wrist and retains most of an old restored finish; forearm is sound and retains most of its orig oil finish; buttplate is a smooth brown patina. Mechanics are crisp; brilliant shiny bore; shows very little use; bolt face retains traces of orig blue and loading gate most of its orig blue. 4-47910 JR112 (7,000-10,000) – Lot 2063

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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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2063	$10,350.00	WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 61976. Cal. 40-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and 1886 marked ladder rear sight. Receiver has single set trigger. Mounted with uncheckered, slab-sawed American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal 40-60 with oct bbl and set trigger, received in warehouse Oct. 18, 1889 and shipped same day to order number 4056. This rifle was manufactured in 1889 at a time when the west was wild and large bore repeating rifles were in great demand. They usually saw very hard and continuous frontier service under extreme conditions and are rarely found today with any orig finish. CONDITION: Very fine. Receiver, bbl, magazine tube & forend cap retain 98-99% crisp orig blue under a coating of old dried oil, with only faint sharp edge wear and a few freckles on the receiver; lever & hammer retain strong case colors, faded on outer faces of lever. Stock has a couple small gouges in the wrist and retains most of an old restored finish; forearm is sound and retains most of its orig oil finish; buttplate is a smooth brown patina. Mechanics are crisp; brilliant shiny bore; shows very little use; bolt face retains traces of orig blue and loading gate most of its orig blue. 4-47910 JR112 (7,000-10,000) – Lot 2063 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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WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.