SCARCE 1ST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE.

SCARCE 1ST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). SN 17080. Standard carbine with 20″ bbl, full magazine, integral front band and sight with 2-position flip rear sight. The receiver has the mortised dust cover with impressed checkered thumbprint and a staple & ring in the left side. It has straight grain walnut stock & forearm with straight grip & carbine buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum yellow sheet identifying this carbine as having been shipped May 8, 1878. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl & magazine tube are mostly a plum/brownish patina behind the middle bbl band and a mottled silver/brown patina forward of the bbl band with scattered light spots of rust with a patch of heavier rust on the magazine tube. Receiver retains 50-60% thin blue, strong in the sheltered areas with a few spots of light surface rust. Wood is sound with numerous small nicks & dings in the buttstock with a couple of gouges and a carved letter and retains most of an old refinish. Forearm has a small filled area on the left side and retains most of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine. Bright shiny bore with a spot or two of light rust. 4-54885 JR221 (7,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2005

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
	1188	$6,037.00	SCARCE 1ST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). SN 17080. Standard carbine with 20″ bbl, full magazine, integral front band and sight with 2-position flip rear sight. The receiver has the mortised dust cover with impressed checkered thumbprint and a staple & ring in the left side. It has straight grain walnut stock & forearm with straight grip & carbine buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum yellow sheet identifying this carbine as having been shipped May 8, 1878. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl & magazine tube are mostly a plum/brownish patina behind the middle bbl band and a mottled silver/brown patina forward of the bbl band with scattered light spots of rust with a patch of heavier rust on the magazine tube. Receiver retains 50-60% thin blue, strong in the sheltered areas with a few spots of light surface rust. Wood is sound with numerous small nicks & dings in the buttstock with a couple of gouges and a carved letter and retains most of an old refinish. Forearm has a small filled area on the left side and retains most of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine. Bright shiny bore with a spot or two of light rust. 4-54885 JR221 (7,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2005 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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