SCARCE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SCARCE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 304794. Cal. 32 WCF (32-20). Fine deluxe ’73 with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, Rocky Mountain front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight, missing its elevator. It also has an 1885/1886 style tang sight. Mounted with about 3X, highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and black insert serpentine grip buttstock that has crescent buttplate without trap and may be an old replacement. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “2758” and “XXX”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Buttplate is not numbered. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum fact sheet which identifies this rifle, as found, “case hardened”, received in warehouse Oct. 15, 1889 and shipped Nov. 4, 1889 to Order #5000. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains 95-96% strong orig blue with light sharp edge wear and some minor thinning on top flat around bbl address; magazine tube retains 93-95% thinning orig blue with several small spots of surface discoloration; receiver retains nearly all of its orig case colors, strong & bright on left side, lightly to moderately faded on right side; hammer retains most of its orig, muted case colors and the lever most of its orig case colors, bright on sides, moderately faded on outer faces; buttplate retains about 90% moderately faded case colors. Stock has a repaired chip in the toe with some light gouges on forearm, otherwise is sound and retains most of its bright piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44572 JR40 (17,500-27,500)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1035	$25,875.00	SCARCE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 304794. Cal. 32 WCF (32-20). Fine deluxe ’73 with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, Rocky Mountain front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight, missing its elevator. It also has an 1885/1886 style tang sight. Mounted with about 3X, highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and black insert serpentine grip buttstock that has crescent buttplate without trap and may be an old replacement. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “2758” and “XXX”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Buttplate is not numbered. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum fact sheet which identifies this rifle, as found, “case hardened”, received in warehouse Oct. 15, 1889 and shipped Nov. 4, 1889 to Order #5000. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains 95-96% strong orig blue with light sharp edge wear and some minor thinning on top flat around bbl address; magazine tube retains 93-95% thinning orig blue with several small spots of surface discoloration; receiver retains nearly all of its orig case colors, strong & bright on left side, lightly to moderately faded on right side; hammer retains most of its orig, muted case colors and the lever most of its orig case colors, bright on sides, moderately faded on outer faces; buttplate retains about 90% moderately faded case colors. Stock has a repaired chip in the toe with some light gouges on forearm, otherwise is sound and retains most of its bright piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44572 JR40 (17,500-27,500) 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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