*SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LIGHTWEIGHT TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LIGHTWEIGHT TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal 33 WCF. SN 129023. Fine lightweight rifle with 24″ tapered rnd lightweight bbl, half magazine, takedown, with pedestal mounted ivory bead hunting front sight with series 22 style rear sight and a Marbles spring loaded tang sight. Mounted with very beautiful, center crotch cut, flame grain, H-style checkered, American walnut with straight stock & Winchester embossed hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under wood, is marked with assembly number “222” and “XX” with an “RF”. This assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this rifle as having been received in warehouse Nov. 13, 1903 and not shipped until Jan. 13, 1904. This must have been one of the first 33 caliber rifles. Letter also indicates returned & repaired Feb. 1, 1908 and reiterates the identifying information with addition of “easy pull”. It was reshipped Oct. 5, 1910. The shotgun butt is mentioned in both entries but straight stock is not mentioned at all. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 95-96% strong orig blue with a few minor scratches & a small spot or two of rust. Receiver retains 70-75% strong orig blue with edge wear & about half of bottom turned silver. Wood is sound with forearm showing moderate wear & retaining about 70% orig piano varnish finish. Buttstock shows moderate wear to checkering with minor nicks & dings and retains most of its orig piano varnish finish with some heat crazing to surface. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. Goforth Collection 4-60585 JR153 (7,500-12,500)

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
	1052	$8,050.00	SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LIGHTWEIGHT TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal 33 WCF. SN 129023. Fine lightweight rifle with 24″ tapered rnd lightweight bbl, half magazine, takedown, with pedestal mounted ivory bead hunting front sight with series 22 style rear sight and a Marbles spring loaded tang sight. Mounted with very beautiful, center crotch cut, flame grain, H-style checkered, American walnut with straight stock & Winchester embossed hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under wood, is marked with assembly number “222” and “XX” with an “RF”. This assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this rifle as having been received in warehouse Nov. 13, 1903 and not shipped until Jan. 13, 1904. This must have been one of the first 33 caliber rifles. Letter also indicates returned & repaired Feb. 1, 1908 and reiterates the identifying information with addition of “easy pull”. It was reshipped Oct. 5, 1910. The shotgun butt is mentioned in both entries but straight stock is not mentioned at all. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 95-96% strong orig blue with a few minor scratches & a small spot or two of rust. Receiver retains 70-75% strong orig blue with edge wear & about half of bottom turned silver. Wood is sound with forearm showing moderate wear & retaining about 70% orig piano varnish finish. Buttstock shows moderate wear to checkering with minor nicks & dings and retains most of its orig piano varnish finish with some heat crazing to surface. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. Goforth Collection 4-60585 JR153 (7,500-12,500) 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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