EXCEPTIONAL WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 “BIG 50” LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

EXCEPTIONAL WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 “BIG 50” LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 118464. Cal. 50-100-450. Standard grade rifle with 26″ rnd bbl, full magazine silver bead front sight and 3-leaf platinum line express rear sight. Mounted with straight grain uncheckered American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum Records Office worksheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 50-100-450 with rnd bbl & plain trigger received in warehouse Nov. 5, 1898 and shipped Oct. 23, 1901. This beautiful rifle is rare in a number of respects, primarily being the caliber of which only a few were produced and were the first of the rifles chambered in 50 caliber. By the time this caliber was available in the ’86 line the standard for the model was a blued receiver therefore a case colored receiver would have been a special order. It is also scarce with crescent buttplate as the recoil from this large caliber made shooting a rifle with crescent buttplate very uncomfortable. Most Big 50s are found with shotgun style buttplates. PROVENANCE: West Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig factory blue with only faint muzzle edge wear; receiver, lever, hammer, forend cap & buttplate retain just about all of their orig factory case colors, brilliant on sides, top & top tang of receiver, lightly faded on bottom but still with the dbl shellac line; hammer retains bright case colors on sides & rear edge, turned a little dark on top edge; lever retains brilliant case colors on sides, lightly to moderately faded on outer faces; forend cap & buttplate retain most of their very bright case colors; wood is sound with a bruise on left wrist and a few minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its strong orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, appears to be unfired; bolt face retains most of its orig factory blue. 4-44488 (30,000-50,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1046	$46,000.00	EXCEPTIONAL WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 “BIG 50” LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 118464. Cal. 50-100-450. Standard grade rifle with 26″ rnd bbl, full magazine silver bead front sight and 3-leaf platinum line express rear sight. Mounted with straight grain uncheckered American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum Records Office worksheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 50-100-450 with rnd bbl & plain trigger received in warehouse Nov. 5, 1898 and shipped Oct. 23, 1901. This beautiful rifle is rare in a number of respects, primarily being the caliber of which only a few were produced and were the first of the rifles chambered in 50 caliber. By the time this caliber was available in the ’86 line the standard for the model was a blued receiver therefore a case colored receiver would have been a special order. It is also scarce with crescent buttplate as the recoil from this large caliber made shooting a rifle with crescent buttplate very uncomfortable. Most Big 50s are found with shotgun style buttplates. PROVENANCE: West Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig factory blue with only faint muzzle edge wear; receiver, lever, hammer, forend cap & buttplate retain just about all of their orig factory case colors, brilliant on sides, top & top tang of receiver, lightly faded on bottom but still with the dbl shellac line; hammer retains bright case colors on sides & rear edge, turned a little dark on top edge; lever retains brilliant case colors on sides, lightly to moderately faded on outer faces; forend cap & buttplate retain most of their very bright case colors; wood is sound with a bruise on left wrist and a few minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its strong orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, appears to be unfired; bolt face retains most of its orig factory blue. 4-44488 (30,000-50,000) 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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