RARE STRAIGHT GRIP DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

RARE STRAIGHT GRIP DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 77225. Cal. 45-70. Fine deluxe ’86 with 26″ oct bbl, full mag, half nickel front sight with screw, an unmarked 1000 yard 1886 style ladder rear sight and a Lyman combination tang sight, missing the fine aperture. Mounted with about 3X flame and shell grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and straight stock with checkered steel buttplate. Cody Firearms Museum records indicate that this rifle was serialized on March 9, 1893 and identifies it as cal 45-70 with oct bbl, plain trigger and “plain checkered stock”, shipped March 20, 1893, returned & repaired Dec 2, 1896. Straight stock deluxe ’86 rifles are quite rare. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl and mag tube retain 96-98% strong factory blue with faint sharp edge wear on bbl, a thin spot and some scratches on mag tube. Receiver retains 50-60% faded case colors on sides with faint case colors over the top and turned silver on bottom. Hammer retains strong case colors and the lever reasonably bright case colors on sides turned gray on outer faces. Forend cap retains faint case colors. Stock has a chip by the top of the left side of the tang and a small splinter by the bottom left tang, otherwise wood is sound with light nicks and scratches and retains about 90% strong factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with a few small scattered spots of pitting. 4-47173 JR135 (10,000-15,000)

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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	1223	$11,500.00	RARE STRAIGHT GRIP DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 77225. Cal. 45-70. Fine deluxe ’86 with 26″ oct bbl, full mag, half nickel front sight with screw, an unmarked 1000 yard 1886 style ladder rear sight and a Lyman combination tang sight, missing the fine aperture. Mounted with about 3X flame and shell grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and straight stock with checkered steel buttplate. Cody Firearms Museum records indicate that this rifle was serialized on March 9, 1893 and identifies it as cal 45-70 with oct bbl, plain trigger and “plain checkered stock”, shipped March 20, 1893, returned & repaired Dec 2, 1896. Straight stock deluxe ’86 rifles are quite rare. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl and mag tube retain 96-98% strong factory blue with faint sharp edge wear on bbl, a thin spot and some scratches on mag tube. Receiver retains 50-60% faded case colors on sides with faint case colors over the top and turned silver on bottom. Hammer retains strong case colors and the lever reasonably bright case colors on sides turned gray on outer faces. Forend cap retains faint case colors. Stock has a chip by the top of the left side of the tang and a small splinter by the bottom left tang, otherwise wood is sound with light nicks and scratches and retains about 90% strong factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with a few small scattered spots of pitting. 4-47173 JR135 (10,000-15,000) 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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