*ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 33 WCF. SN 135346. Blue finish with 24″ tapered lightweight bbl, half magazine, pedestal mounted Beech’s ivory bead front sight with semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman tang sight with loop & large disc eye piece. Mounted with extremely beautiful, center crotch cut, flame grain, checkered American walnut with capped pistol grip stock & crescent buttplate. Receiver is beautifully engraved by Angelo J. Stokes with his trademark ram panel surrounded by strap work borders with nearly full coverage very fine foliate arabesque patterns & a fine latch hook border. Right side has his strap work border around a #9 vignette of a standing whitetail buck with balance about full coverage foliate arabesque patterns & latch hook border. There are light patterns elsewhere on rifle, over receiver ring, on top tang, bottom of receiver & extending up over chamber area of bbl. This engraving is virtually identical to serial number 139226 as pictured on p. 320 of Winchester Engraving, Wilson. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this rifle including “Lyman rear cup disc and combination front sight” with $10.00 engraving, as having been shipped Aug. 25, 1905 to order #16248. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains 92-94% orig blue, slightly dulled with scattered spots of pitting & a cleaned area on bottom toward muzzle. There are also a series of faint chemical spots on bottom of bbl. Receiver retains about 60% thin blue with balance a silver/gray/brown patina. Lever retains about 50% case colors, bright in sheltered areas and hammer about 75%. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of its brilliant piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore, dark in grooves, may clean better. Goforth Collection 4-60650 JR103 (17,500-27,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006

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
	1044	$31,625.00	ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 33 WCF. SN 135346. Blue finish with 24″ tapered lightweight bbl, half magazine, pedestal mounted Beech’s ivory bead front sight with semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman tang sight with loop & large disc eye piece. Mounted with extremely beautiful, center crotch cut, flame grain, checkered American walnut with capped pistol grip stock & crescent buttplate. Receiver is beautifully engraved by Angelo J. Stokes with his trademark ram panel surrounded by strap work borders with nearly full coverage very fine foliate arabesque patterns & a fine latch hook border. Right side has his strap work border around a #9 vignette of a standing whitetail buck with balance about full coverage foliate arabesque patterns & latch hook border. There are light patterns elsewhere on rifle, over receiver ring, on top tang, bottom of receiver & extending up over chamber area of bbl. This engraving is virtually identical to serial number 139226 as pictured on p. 320 of Winchester Engraving, Wilson. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this rifle including “Lyman rear cup disc and combination front sight” with $10.00 engraving, as having been shipped Aug. 25, 1905 to order #16248. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains 92-94% orig blue, slightly dulled with scattered spots of pitting & a cleaned area on bottom toward muzzle. There are also a series of faint chemical spots on bottom of bbl. Receiver retains about 60% thin blue with balance a silver/gray/brown patina. Lever retains about 50% case colors, bright in sheltered areas and hammer about 75%. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of its brilliant piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore, dark in grooves, may clean better. Goforth Collection 4-60650 JR103 (17,500-27,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006 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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