RARE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

RARE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 151721. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Standard grade rifle with extremely rare 32″ oct bbl, full magazine with two magazine bands, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver, forend cap & buttplate are color case hardened. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle, as found, with “plain polished stock”, received in warehouse June 11, 1883 and shipped next day to Order #12621. Extra length bbls on any Winchester, especially those over 30″ are very rare and seldom encountered in any configuration and are rarely found with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: About very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 93-95% strong orig blue with sharp edge wear and some minor spots of pitting; magazine tube is turning plum; receiver, lever & hammer retain 70-75% faded case colors, a little stronger in sheltered areas, turned silver over bottom & top; forend cap retains silvered case colors and the buttplate has turned dark. Wood is sound with usual handling & use nicks, scratches & dings with the buttstock retaining 92-94% strong, orig piano varnish finish; forearm retains about 75% bright orig piano varnish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-44592 JR77 (6,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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
	1008	$13,800.00	RARE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 151721. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Standard grade rifle with extremely rare 32″ oct bbl, full magazine with two magazine bands, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver, forend cap & buttplate are color case hardened. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle, as found, with “plain polished stock”, received in warehouse June 11, 1883 and shipped next day to Order #12621. Extra length bbls on any Winchester, especially those over 30″ are very rare and seldom encountered in any configuration and are rarely found with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: About very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 93-95% strong orig blue with sharp edge wear and some minor spots of pitting; magazine tube is turning plum; receiver, lever & hammer retain 70-75% faded case colors, a little stronger in sheltered areas, turned silver over bottom & top; forend cap retains silvered case colors and the buttplate has turned dark. Wood is sound with usual handling & use nicks, scratches & dings with the buttstock retaining 92-94% strong, orig piano varnish finish; forearm retains about 75% bright orig piano varnish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-44592 JR77 (6,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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