SCARCE FIRST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 THICK SIDE HIGH WALL MUSKET.

SCARCE FIRST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 THICK SIDE HIGH WALL MUSKET. SN 9855. Cal. 45-70. Standard grade musket with 32″ rnd bbl, square base front sight/bayonet lug and 1,000 yard ski jump musket rear sight. Receiver is thick wall style, flat side with standard finger lever. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain, slab-sawed American walnut with full length forearm, two bbl bands and straight stock with carbine/musket rear sight. Front band has a sling loop with corresponding loop in the buttstock and right side of the front band has a saber bayonet lug. Bottom of forearm has a partially concealed slotted head ramrod. Accompanied by an orig saber bayonet with 20″ Yataghan blade that has brass handle with feather patterns & eagle head pommel in its orig black leather sheath with brass tip & throat According to The Winchester Book, Madis, muskets below SN 100,000 are rare. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this musket, as found, with “military windgage sight”, sabre bayonet, received in warehouse May 27, 1887 and shipped next day to Order #17733. PROVENANCE: Barnes Family Collection. CONDITION: Very good. All metal parts retain a dark plummy brown patina with fine pinprick pitting. Stock has a chip by the top tang, otherwise wood is sound with usual handling & use light nicks & scratches and retains a hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. Bayonet is very fine, having been lightly polished on blade & handle. Scabbard is flexed and retains most of a restored black finish and a couple of dings in the brass. 4-47631 JR222 (3,000-5,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1415	$6,325.00	SCARCE FIRST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 THICK SIDE HIGH WALL MUSKET. SN 9855. Cal. 45-70. Standard grade musket with 32″ rnd bbl, square base front sight/bayonet lug and 1,000 yard ski jump musket rear sight. Receiver is thick wall style, flat side with standard finger lever. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain, slab-sawed American walnut with full length forearm, two bbl bands and straight stock with carbine/musket rear sight. Front band has a sling loop with corresponding loop in the buttstock and right side of the front band has a saber bayonet lug. Bottom of forearm has a partially concealed slotted head ramrod. Accompanied by an orig saber bayonet with 20″ Yataghan blade that has brass handle with feather patterns & eagle head pommel in its orig black leather sheath with brass tip & throat According to The Winchester Book, Madis, muskets below SN 100,000 are rare. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this musket, as found, with “military windgage sight”, sabre bayonet, received in warehouse May 27, 1887 and shipped next day to Order #17733. PROVENANCE: Barnes Family Collection. CONDITION: Very good. All metal parts retain a dark plummy brown patina with fine pinprick pitting. Stock has a chip by the top tang, otherwise wood is sound with usual handling & use light nicks & scratches and retains a hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. Bayonet is very fine, having been lightly polished on blade & handle. Scabbard is flexed and retains most of a restored black finish and a couple of dings in the brass. 4-47631 JR222 (3,000-5,000) 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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