WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 69066. Cal. 45-90. Standard grade rifle with 26″ rnd bbl, full magazine, silver bead Jack front sight, slot blank in rear seat and a Lyman 21 receiver sight. Rifle has color case hardened receiver, forend cap & buttplate. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 45-90 with rnd bbl & plain trigger received in warehouse Sept. 23, 1892 and shipped Oct. 5, 1892 with two other Model 1886s to Order #7012. No mention of the Lyman receiver sight. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% strong orig blue with a couple of small wear spots from an old rear sight installation; receiver retains almost all of its factory case colors, brilliant on sides, faded over top & bottom; lever & hammer retain brilliant case colors, faded on top edge of hammer and outer faces of lever; forend cap & buttplate retain faded case colors. Wood is sound with a few minor nicks & light bruises and retains about all of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-44498 JR53 (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
	1018	$13,800.00	WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 69066. Cal. 45-90. Standard grade rifle with 26″ rnd bbl, full magazine, silver bead Jack front sight, slot blank in rear seat and a Lyman 21 receiver sight. Rifle has color case hardened receiver, forend cap & buttplate. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 45-90 with rnd bbl & plain trigger received in warehouse Sept. 23, 1892 and shipped Oct. 5, 1892 with two other Model 1886s to Order #7012. No mention of the Lyman receiver sight. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% strong orig blue with a couple of small wear spots from an old rear sight installation; receiver retains almost all of its factory case colors, brilliant on sides, faded over top & bottom; lever & hammer retain brilliant case colors, faded on top edge of hammer and outer faces of lever; forend cap & buttplate retain faded case colors. Wood is sound with a few minor nicks & light bruises and retains about all of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-44498 JR53 (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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