EXTREMELY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 110270. Cal. 50-100-450. Rare rifle in a rare caliber with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, Lyman ivory bead hunting front sight, missing the ivory, 3-leaf carbine express rear sight and a sporting vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. Mounted with 3-4X, center crotch, feather & flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Buttplate & toe of stock are missing a large chip that was damaged during the period of use. Heel of the buttplate has a couple of repaired cracks. Receiver is beautifully engraved, probably by one of the Ulrichs in #6 pattern which consists of the very large vignette of a walking bull moose in a forest scene on the left side and a bull caribou on the right side. Balance of the receiver is engraved in very nice foliate arabesque scrolls with fine pearled background and snake & dot border. Engraving extends over the top & bottom of the receiver and top tang. Top flat of the bbl is fully matted with the caliber marked on the top left flat and the bbl address rolled throughout the matting. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with the assembly number “921” and an “S”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by a Winchester Gun Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 50-100-450 with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered pistol grip stock, shotgun butt, matted bbl, Lyman hunting front sight and $6 engraving with a moose on one side, a caribou on the other and “plenty of scroll work”. Shipped Sept. 3, 1896. Also accompanied by Mr. Yearout’s inventory record which identifies this rifle and shows that he purchased it Jul. 28, 1968 from C.S. Ramsey of Great Falls, MT. The back of this record card has the notation that Mr. Ramsey bought this rifle in 1967 from Jim Aplen of South Dakota who had purchased it at a farm auction in Wagner, South Dakota. Conversation with Mr. Ramsay revealed that Mr. Aplen actually bought the rifle in a bar in South Dakota, along with a Colt revolver. PROVENANCE: Jim Aplen; C.S.(Stonewall) Ramsey; Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl retains about 75-80% blue turning brown; magazine tube retains about 95% orig blue with brown overtones; receiver shows traces of orig case colors being mostly a cleaned metal patina; lever & hammer retain traces of case colors; buttstock & buttplate have the aforementioned damage, otherwise wood is sound and retains about 90% orig varnish on the stock and about 70% on the forearm. Mechanics are fine; strong bore with good shine and scattered pitting. 4-53804 JR20 (20,000-30,000) – Lot 2067

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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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	2067	$29,900.00	EXTREMELY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 110270. Cal. 50-100-450. Rare rifle in a rare caliber with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, Lyman ivory bead hunting front sight, missing the ivory, 3-leaf carbine express rear sight and a sporting vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. Mounted with 3-4X, center crotch, feather & flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Buttplate & toe of stock are missing a large chip that was damaged during the period of use. Heel of the buttplate has a couple of repaired cracks. Receiver is beautifully engraved, probably by one of the Ulrichs in #6 pattern which consists of the very large vignette of a walking bull moose in a forest scene on the left side and a bull caribou on the right side. Balance of the receiver is engraved in very nice foliate arabesque scrolls with fine pearled background and snake & dot border. Engraving extends over the top & bottom of the receiver and top tang. Top flat of the bbl is fully matted with the caliber marked on the top left flat and the bbl address rolled throughout the matting. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with the assembly number “921” and an “S”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by a Winchester Gun Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 50-100-450 with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered pistol grip stock, shotgun butt, matted bbl, Lyman hunting front sight and $6 engraving with a moose on one side, a caribou on the other and “plenty of scroll work”. Shipped Sept. 3, 1896. Also accompanied by Mr. Yearout’s inventory record which identifies this rifle and shows that he purchased it Jul. 28, 1968 from C.S. Ramsey of Great Falls, MT. The back of this record card has the notation that Mr. Ramsey bought this rifle in 1967 from Jim Aplen of South Dakota who had purchased it at a farm auction in Wagner, South Dakota. Conversation with Mr. Ramsay revealed that Mr. Aplen actually bought the rifle in a bar in South Dakota, along with a Colt revolver. PROVENANCE: Jim Aplen; C.S.(Stonewall) Ramsey; Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl retains about 75-80% blue turning brown; magazine tube retains about 95% orig blue with brown overtones; receiver shows traces of orig case colors being mostly a cleaned metal patina; lever & hammer retain traces of case colors; buttstock & buttplate have the aforementioned damage, otherwise wood is sound and retains about 90% orig varnish on the stock and about 70% on the forearm. Mechanics are fine; strong bore with good shine and scattered pitting. 4-53804 JR20 (20,000-30,000) – Lot 2067 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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EXTREMELY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.