RARE FIRST MODEL OPEN TOP WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE RING CARBINE.

SN 1831. Cal. 45-75. Standard grade carbine with 22″ bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight & 1866-style 2-position flip rear sight graduated 100, 300 & 500 yards. Receiver is 1st type open top without dust cover and left side has a stud & ring. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with full length forearm that has steel nose-cap and single band with straight stock and carbine/musket buttplate without trap. Extractor is original with low rounded top. There are nearly 64,000 Model ’76 rifles, carbines & muskets produced 1876-1998. Probably fewer than 3,000 were shipped in open top configuration and of those very few were carbines making this a very rare ’76. When the ’76 model was introduced at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition it was the first big bore repeating firearm available to the American market. Those early rifles & carbines were in great demand for the great westward expansion of Manifest Destiny. They usually saw hard and continuous service on the American frontier and, of the few 1st typecarbines known today extremely few are found with high orig finish. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains strong blue in sheltered areas being a blue/brown patina over the top and around the muzzle. Receiver & sideplates retain about 60% orig blue, strong in sheltered areas fading to plummy brown elsewhere. Wood is sound with usual handling and use nicks & scratches and shows a pleasing hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of pitting. These Open Top Saddle Ring Carbines are rare and highly sought after by collectors. 52609-6 (10,000-15,000) – Lot 1057

Auction: Firearms - October 2017

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
	1057	$0.00	RARE FIRST MODEL OPEN TOP WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 1831. Cal. 45-75. Standard grade carbine with 22″ bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight & 1866-style 2-position flip rear sight graduated 100, 300 & 500 yards. Receiver is 1st type open top without dust cover and left side has a stud & ring. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with full length forearm that has steel nose-cap and single band with straight stock and carbine/musket buttplate without trap. Extractor is original with low rounded top. There are nearly 64,000 Model ’76 rifles, carbines & muskets produced 1876-1998. Probably fewer than 3,000 were shipped in open top configuration and of those very few were carbines making this a very rare ’76. When the ’76 model was introduced at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition it was the first big bore repeating firearm available to the American market. Those early rifles & carbines were in great demand for the great westward expansion of Manifest Destiny. They usually saw hard and continuous service on the American frontier and, of the few 1st typecarbines known today extremely few are found with high orig finish. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains strong blue in sheltered areas being a blue/brown patina over the top and around the muzzle. Receiver & sideplates retain about 60% orig blue, strong in sheltered areas fading to plummy brown elsewhere. Wood is sound with usual handling and use nicks & scratches and shows a pleasing hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of pitting. These Open Top Saddle Ring Carbines are rare and highly sought after by collectors. 52609-6 (10,000-15,000) – Lot 1057 Auction: Firearms - October 2017 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 FIRST MODEL OPEN TOP WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE RING CARBINE.