RARE ONE OF A KIND PROTOTYPE OR EXPERIMENTAL HENRY/1866 CARBINE.

RARE ONE OF A KIND PROTOTYPE OR EXPERIMENTAL HENRY/1866 CARBINE. Cal. 44 CF. SN 12272. Strange & unusual carbine with 18-11/16″ rnd bbl, full magazine with 1866 style screwed-in magazine cap and integral front sight/bbl band, 1866 carbine style. The front band on this carbine measures .411″ wide versus .461″ wide on an 1866 carbine. The middle band on this carbine measures .490″ wide, while the middle band on an 1866 carbine measures .504″. The magazine tube on this carbine measures .645″ dia versus .653″ on the 1866. Has 1866 style middle band and a fixed brass rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain, American walnut Henry buttstock with straight grip & brass Henry buttplate with trap. Forearm is well made to custom fit the front contours of the Henry receiver. Left side of lower tang is marked with the SN. Top tang channel of buttstock has the SN 12041, which number is also found inside the toe of the buttplate. All the screws are typical Henry screws. Top tang has been broken & brazed filling the front screw hole. The carbine has full nickel plating, including the bands and buttplate. With the sideplate removed, there is a small hole visible in the top strap just forward of midpoint. This hole extends through both sides of the frame. This unusual carbine is completely unmarked except for the numbers, as noted, and is a combination of model 1866 and Henry parts with a flat loading gate in the right sideplate. Loading gate is 1-pc spring steel set into a recess, milled into the inside of right sideplate and held in place with a single screw at the back end, like an 1866. The serial number of this carbine falls approximately two hundred numbers before the first assigned 1866 SNs which began at number12476. As is well known, the last Henrys and the first 1866s ran concurrently with overlapping serial numbers. CONDITION: Good. Bbl retains 70-75% strong orig nickel with the missing patches turned to dark patina. Magazine tube retains about 60% orig nickel with some loose pimples of nickel and mixed with dark patina. Receiver retains 75-80% orig nickel with brass showing through on the sideplates. Lever is a dark patina with nickel in the sheltered areas. Hammer retains about 60% nickel, with the buttplate retaining about 50%. Mechanics are fine. Worn dark bore. 4-58874 JR209 (20,000-50,000)

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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	1094	$0.00	RARE ONE OF A KIND PROTOTYPE OR EXPERIMENTAL HENRY/1866 CARBINE. Cal. 44 CF. SN 12272. Strange & unusual carbine with 18-11/16″ rnd bbl, full magazine with 1866 style screwed-in magazine cap and integral front sight/bbl band, 1866 carbine style. The front band on this carbine measures .411″ wide versus .461″ wide on an 1866 carbine. The middle band on this carbine measures .490″ wide, while the middle band on an 1866 carbine measures .504″. The magazine tube on this carbine measures .645″ dia versus .653″ on the 1866. Has 1866 style middle band and a fixed brass rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain, American walnut Henry buttstock with straight grip & brass Henry buttplate with trap. Forearm is well made to custom fit the front contours of the Henry receiver. Left side of lower tang is marked with the SN. Top tang channel of buttstock has the SN 12041, which number is also found inside the toe of the buttplate. All the screws are typical Henry screws. Top tang has been broken & brazed filling the front screw hole. The carbine has full nickel plating, including the bands and buttplate. With the sideplate removed, there is a small hole visible in the top strap just forward of midpoint. This hole extends through both sides of the frame. This unusual carbine is completely unmarked except for the numbers, as noted, and is a combination of model 1866 and Henry parts with a flat loading gate in the right sideplate. Loading gate is 1-pc spring steel set into a recess, milled into the inside of right sideplate and held in place with a single screw at the back end, like an 1866. The serial number of this carbine falls approximately two hundred numbers before the first assigned 1866 SNs which began at number12476. As is well known, the last Henrys and the first 1866s ran concurrently with overlapping serial numbers. CONDITION: Good. Bbl retains 70-75% strong orig nickel with the missing patches turned to dark patina. Magazine tube retains about 60% orig nickel with some loose pimples of nickel and mixed with dark patina. Receiver retains 75-80% orig nickel with brass showing through on the sideplates. Lever is a dark patina with nickel in the sheltered areas. Hammer retains about 60% nickel, with the buttplate retaining about 50%. Mechanics are fine. Worn dark bore. 4-58874 JR209 (20,000-50,000) 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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