INDIAN USED WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 LEVER ACTION CARBINE.

INDIAN USED WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 LEVER ACTION CARBINE. Cal 44RF Henry. SN 124375. Accordding to “Firearms in the Custere Battle” by Parsons and Dumont, this # was supposedly turned in by Sitting Bull. This standard carbine has had the bbl reduced to 18-1/2”, has integral front band/sight and a forearm band. The last four digits of the serial number are stamped in the top tang channel of the stock and inside the toe of the buttplate. The right side of the forearm and both sides of the buttplate have rows of iron tacks. There are seven 5/16” tacks on the forearm and fifteen 1/4” tacks at the buttplate. There is evidence that there may have been four more tacks on the left side of the butt that are now missing. One of the tacks was driven into the trap recess and appears to have a round shank. It has uncheckered wood with straight stock and brass carbine buttplate with trap. It is accompanied by True West Magazine of June 1964, which on page 51 states that the famous Sioux medicine man, Sitting Bull, had surrendered serial number 124375, to Major Brotherton at Fort Buford, July 19, 1881 and that it was currently in the Major Brotherton collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC? That gun, in fact, carries serial number 124335. Included is a copy of Firearms in the Custer Battle by Parsons & DuMont wherein it is stated that when Sitting Bull with 187 other Indians surrendered July 21, 1881 at Fort Buford in the Dakota territory, their guns and horses were confiscated by Major Brotherton. “One of the pieces, a tack-studded Winchester carbine Model 1866, serial 124375, which left the factory in 1875, is believed to have been turned in by Sitting Bull himself”. CONDITION: About good. Iron retains a mottled silver brown patina. Bbl lettering is clear and the receiver shows substantial wear with minor nicks and scratches. Stock and forearm are much battered and worn with a couple of cracks in the buttstock and a chip missing from the forearm. Bottom of the forearm shows a substantial area of saddle bow wear and overall is a dark oiled patina. Mechanics are fine with a strong bore and scattered light pitting. 4-50271 JR193 (4,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2004

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
	1405	$5,462.00	INDIAN USED WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 LEVER ACTION CARBINE. Cal 44RF Henry. SN 124375. Accordding to “Firearms in the Custere Battle” by Parsons and Dumont, this # was supposedly turned in by Sitting Bull. This standard carbine has had the bbl reduced to 18-1/2”, has integral front band/sight and a forearm band. The last four digits of the serial number are stamped in the top tang channel of the stock and inside the toe of the buttplate. The right side of the forearm and both sides of the buttplate have rows of iron tacks. There are seven 5/16” tacks on the forearm and fifteen 1/4” tacks at the buttplate. There is evidence that there may have been four more tacks on the left side of the butt that are now missing. One of the tacks was driven into the trap recess and appears to have a round shank. It has uncheckered wood with straight stock and brass carbine buttplate with trap. It is accompanied by True West Magazine of June 1964, which on page 51 states that the famous Sioux medicine man, Sitting Bull, had surrendered serial number 124375, to Major Brotherton at Fort Buford, July 19, 1881 and that it was currently in the Major Brotherton collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC? That gun, in fact, carries serial number 124335. Included is a copy of Firearms in the Custer Battle by Parsons & DuMont wherein it is stated that when Sitting Bull with 187 other Indians surrendered July 21, 1881 at Fort Buford in the Dakota territory, their guns and horses were confiscated by Major Brotherton. “One of the pieces, a tack-studded Winchester carbine Model 1866, serial 124375, which left the factory in 1875, is believed to have been turned in by Sitting Bull himself”. CONDITION: About good. Iron retains a mottled silver brown patina. Bbl lettering is clear and the receiver shows substantial wear with minor nicks and scratches. Stock and forearm are much battered and worn with a couple of cracks in the buttstock and a chip missing from the forearm. Bottom of the forearm shows a substantial area of saddle bow wear and overall is a dark oiled patina. Mechanics are fine with a strong bore and scattered light pitting. 4-50271 JR193 (4,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2004 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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