FINE WINCHESTER DELUXE MODEL 1885 SINGLE SHOT RIFLE.

FINE WINCHESTER DELUXE MODEL 1885 SINGLE SHOT RIFLE. SN 17303. Cal. 22 WCF. Beautiful deluxe rifle with 26″ No. 1 weight rnd bbl, gold bead front sight, 3-leaf platinum line carbine style rear sight and a Lyman fixed staff, windage adjustable tang sight with articulated eyepiece. Mounted with about 3X center crotch cut, feather & flame grain, checkered American walnut with matching grain, black insert schnable tip forearm and serpentine grip buttstock with black insert and a smooth steel shotgun buttplate. Right side of the buttstock is stamped with the cartouche of the “JAMES KERR & CO., LONDON ARMORY CO.” with the address on the bottom. Left side of the lower tang is stamped with the assembly number “2899”, “XXX” and a large “S”. The assembly number is also found in the top tang channel of the buttstock and inside the toe of the buttplate. Receiver, breech block, lever & hammer are color case hardened. Left side of the barrel, over the chamber area, left side of the receiver & top left of the breech block have British proofs. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle as found, shipped from the warehouse Nov. 9, 1887 with three other Model 1885’s to Order No. 22803. CONDITION: Very fine plus. Bbl retains about 97% strong orig factory blue with a very few scattered spots of light surface rust. Receiver retains about all of its orig, moderately muted factory case colors, stronger in sheltered areas. Lever & hammer retain bright case colors. Wood is sound with light handling & use marks and one grain check in comb and retains about all of its fine piano varnish finish, somewhat dulled on bottom of forearm. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-38682 JR91 (8,500-12,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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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	1294	$0.00	FINE WINCHESTER DELUXE MODEL 1885 SINGLE SHOT RIFLE. SN 17303. Cal. 22 WCF. Beautiful deluxe rifle with 26″ No. 1 weight rnd bbl, gold bead front sight, 3-leaf platinum line carbine style rear sight and a Lyman fixed staff, windage adjustable tang sight with articulated eyepiece. Mounted with about 3X center crotch cut, feather & flame grain, checkered American walnut with matching grain, black insert schnable tip forearm and serpentine grip buttstock with black insert and a smooth steel shotgun buttplate. Right side of the buttstock is stamped with the cartouche of the “JAMES KERR & CO., LONDON ARMORY CO.” with the address on the bottom. Left side of the lower tang is stamped with the assembly number “2899”, “XXX” and a large “S”. The assembly number is also found in the top tang channel of the buttstock and inside the toe of the buttplate. Receiver, breech block, lever & hammer are color case hardened. Left side of the barrel, over the chamber area, left side of the receiver & top left of the breech block have British proofs. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle as found, shipped from the warehouse Nov. 9, 1887 with three other Model 1885’s to Order No. 22803. CONDITION: Very fine plus. Bbl retains about 97% strong orig factory blue with a very few scattered spots of light surface rust. Receiver retains about all of its orig, moderately muted factory case colors, stronger in sheltered areas. Lever & hammer retain bright case colors. Wood is sound with light handling & use marks and one grain check in comb and retains about all of its fine piano varnish finish, somewhat dulled on bottom of forearm. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-38682 JR91 (8,500-12,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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