SCARCE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE-RING CARBINE.

SCARCE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE-RING CARBINE. SN 44165. Cal. 45-75. Standard 3rd Model carbine with 22″ bbl, barleycorn front sight and 1,000 yd. musket-style ladder rear sight. Left side of receiver has a stud and ring. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with full length forearm and straight stock with carbine buttplate. Forearm has a single band with steel nosecap. Right side of buttstock has the “N.W.M.P.” cartouche in an arc and bottom of stock is stamped “APP 163”. This carbine was in a shipment of 150 such arms delivered to Winnepeg, Canada, March 28, 1885 and was in case #112. At the time of this delivery the “Riel” or “Northwest” Rebellion was continuing and about 500 of these carbines and 100,000 rds of ammunition were to be transferred to the Northwest Territories militia. However, by July 1885, hostilities had ceased and the decision was made to return the shipment of 150 carbines and 100,000 rds of ammunition to the NWMP. This carbine was among those returned and is listed in the inventory of “H” Division (Fort MacLeod) in Feb, 1894. It shows up again in “D” division, Fort MacLeod in Feb, 1897. “H” Division of the NWMP was assigned to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, during the gold rush period and undoubtedly would have been carried by a mountie conducting patrols and law enforcement during the period 1885-1897. That division was then re-assigned to Tagish, YT, 1898-1899 and back at Whitehorse, YT, 1900-1909. The “APP” marking on the bottom of the stock signifies that this carbine was one of 710 such carbines sold to the Alberta Provincial Police in 1919. That any of these carbines survived at all is amazing, given the harsh circumstances under which they served. Usually the stock cartouches are worn away or the wood was damaged and replaced. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this carbine as received in warehouse Mar. 27, 1885 and shipped the next day to order no. 19589. Also accompanied by a 3-page letter from the Mounted Police Research & Consulting Co., over the signature of D.J. Klancher, retired RCMP inspector, which details most of the above information regarding this carbine. This rifle is listed, by SN on Pg. 185 of Arms & Accoutrements of the Mounted Police, 1873-1973, Phillips & Klancher. PROVENANCE: Barnes Family Collection. CONDITION: Very good. No original finish remains with the metal parts being an overall brownish-gray patina with light, fine pitting on the right sideplate and receiver. Left sideplate has a series of small nicks, probably from a sling buckle. Stock has a couple of chips by the top tang with a few gouges in the forearm, which is also missing a sliver by the bbl channel, otherwise wood is sound and retains a dark hand-worn patina. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good shine and light orange peel pitting. 4-47643 JR232 (3,500-5,000)

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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	1216	$10,030.00	SCARCE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE-RING CARBINE. SN 44165. Cal. 45-75. Standard 3rd Model carbine with 22″ bbl, barleycorn front sight and 1,000 yd. musket-style ladder rear sight. Left side of receiver has a stud and ring. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with full length forearm and straight stock with carbine buttplate. Forearm has a single band with steel nosecap. Right side of buttstock has the “N.W.M.P.” cartouche in an arc and bottom of stock is stamped “APP 163”. This carbine was in a shipment of 150 such arms delivered to Winnepeg, Canada, March 28, 1885 and was in case #112. At the time of this delivery the “Riel” or “Northwest” Rebellion was continuing and about 500 of these carbines and 100,000 rds of ammunition were to be transferred to the Northwest Territories militia. However, by July 1885, hostilities had ceased and the decision was made to return the shipment of 150 carbines and 100,000 rds of ammunition to the NWMP. This carbine was among those returned and is listed in the inventory of “H” Division (Fort MacLeod) in Feb, 1894. It shows up again in “D” division, Fort MacLeod in Feb, 1897. “H” Division of the NWMP was assigned to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, during the gold rush period and undoubtedly would have been carried by a mountie conducting patrols and law enforcement during the period 1885-1897. That division was then re-assigned to Tagish, YT, 1898-1899 and back at Whitehorse, YT, 1900-1909. The “APP” marking on the bottom of the stock signifies that this carbine was one of 710 such carbines sold to the Alberta Provincial Police in 1919. That any of these carbines survived at all is amazing, given the harsh circumstances under which they served. Usually the stock cartouches are worn away or the wood was damaged and replaced. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this carbine as received in warehouse Mar. 27, 1885 and shipped the next day to order no. 19589. Also accompanied by a 3-page letter from the Mounted Police Research & Consulting Co., over the signature of D.J. Klancher, retired RCMP inspector, which details most of the above information regarding this carbine. This rifle is listed, by SN on Pg. 185 of Arms & Accoutrements of the Mounted Police, 1873-1973, Phillips & Klancher. PROVENANCE: Barnes Family Collection. CONDITION: Very good. No original finish remains with the metal parts being an overall brownish-gray patina with light, fine pitting on the right sideplate and receiver. Left sideplate has a series of small nicks, probably from a sling buckle. Stock has a couple of chips by the top tang with a few gouges in the forearm, which is also missing a sliver by the bbl channel, otherwise wood is sound and retains a dark hand-worn patina. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good shine and light orange peel pitting. 4-47643 JR232 (3,500-5,000) 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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