WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 HIGH WALL SINGLE SHOT RIFLE.

SN 48232. Cal. 32-40. Standard grade rifle with 30″ #3 weight oct bbl, globe windgage front sight, slot blank in the rear seat and a thin base mid-range vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. Mounted with uncheckered American walnut with black insert Schnable tip forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Receiver has single set trigger. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum “yellow sheet” which identifies this rifle in caliber 32-40 with 30″ #3 oct bbl and set trigger, receive in warehouse May 2, 1891 and shipped May 8, 1891 to order #4249. Single shot target rifles of this era are rarely found in orig configuration as those early target shooters usually modified their rifles to suit their personal taste and requirements. CONDITION: Excellent to near new. Bbl retains 98-99% strong orig blue with only faint muzzle end wear and a small wear spot from a bbl sight; receiver, breech block, lever & hammer retain virtually all of their brilliant, orig case colors, moderately faded on outer face of lever; buttplate retains most of its orig case colors, turned a little dark. Wood is sound and may have had a light coating of finish added or was simply waxed. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-51427 JR32 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 2175

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Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

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Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2175	$8,050.00	WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 HIGH WALL SINGLE SHOT RIFLE. SN 48232. Cal. 32-40. Standard grade rifle with 30″ #3 weight oct bbl, globe windgage front sight, slot blank in the rear seat and a thin base mid-range vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. Mounted with uncheckered American walnut with black insert Schnable tip forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Receiver has single set trigger. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum “yellow sheet” which identifies this rifle in caliber 32-40 with 30″ #3 oct bbl and set trigger, receive in warehouse May 2, 1891 and shipped May 8, 1891 to order #4249. Single shot target rifles of this era are rarely found in orig configuration as those early target shooters usually modified their rifles to suit their personal taste and requirements. CONDITION: Excellent to near new. Bbl retains 98-99% strong orig blue with only faint muzzle end wear and a small wear spot from a bbl sight; receiver, breech block, lever & hammer retain virtually all of their brilliant, orig case colors, moderately faded on outer face of lever; buttplate retains most of its orig case colors, turned a little dark. Wood is sound and may have had a light coating of finish added or was simply waxed. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-51427 JR32 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 2175 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 1885 HIGH WALL SINGLE SHOT RIFLE.