BEAUTIFUL DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SPECIAL ORDER LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

BEAUTIFUL DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SPECIAL ORDER LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 16769. Cal. 45-60. Fine deluxe rifle with 26″ oct bbl, button magazine, half nickel front sight, “1876” marked ladder rear sight and tang sight with 4″ staff. Mounted with highly figured flame & shell grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and straight stock with smooth steel buttplate. Receiver is 2nd type with screwed-on dust cover rail and has sgl set trigger. Bbl has usual 2-line address with caliber marking over chamber on top flat and also on the carrier. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 45-60 with 26″ oct bbl, set trigger, checkered stock with shotgun butt and 1/2-magazine, received in warehouse Oct. 13, 1881 and shipped next day to Order #27787. Special order ’76s are quite rare and those deluxe rifles with color case hardening are exceptionally rare. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine plus. Appears to be all orig; top tang screw is slightly battered & frozen, therefore the stock could not be removed to check for matching assembly numbers; bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue with only light sharp edge wear and a few tiny scattered nicks; receiver & sideplates retain about all of their orig factory case colors, bright in sheltered areas, lightly to moderately faded elsewhere; hammer also retains about all of its orig case colors, strong & bright on sides & rear edge, moderately faded on top edge; lever retains bright case colors, primarily on left side, faded on outer faces; buttplate retains about 80% thin orig blue; wood is sound with a few minor, very small nicks & scratches & retains about all of its bright piano varnish finish, dulled & showing wear on bottom rear of forearm; checkering shows moderate diamond point wear with hand grease & soil. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; may have been fired, but if so very little; bolt face retains most of its orig factory blue. 4-44548 (20,000-35,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013

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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	1005	$34,500.00	BEAUTIFUL DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SPECIAL ORDER LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 16769. Cal. 45-60. Fine deluxe rifle with 26″ oct bbl, button magazine, half nickel front sight, “1876” marked ladder rear sight and tang sight with 4″ staff. Mounted with highly figured flame & shell grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and straight stock with smooth steel buttplate. Receiver is 2nd type with screwed-on dust cover rail and has sgl set trigger. Bbl has usual 2-line address with caliber marking over chamber on top flat and also on the carrier. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 45-60 with 26″ oct bbl, set trigger, checkered stock with shotgun butt and 1/2-magazine, received in warehouse Oct. 13, 1881 and shipped next day to Order #27787. Special order ’76s are quite rare and those deluxe rifles with color case hardening are exceptionally rare. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine plus. Appears to be all orig; top tang screw is slightly battered & frozen, therefore the stock could not be removed to check for matching assembly numbers; bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue with only light sharp edge wear and a few tiny scattered nicks; receiver & sideplates retain about all of their orig factory case colors, bright in sheltered areas, lightly to moderately faded elsewhere; hammer also retains about all of its orig case colors, strong & bright on sides & rear edge, moderately faded on top edge; lever retains bright case colors, primarily on left side, faded on outer faces; buttplate retains about 80% thin orig blue; wood is sound with a few minor, very small nicks & scratches & retains about all of its bright piano varnish finish, dulled & showing wear on bottom rear of forearm; checkering shows moderate diamond point wear with hand grease & soil. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; may have been fired, but if so very little; bolt face retains most of its orig factory blue. 4-44548 (20,000-35,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013 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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