SCARCE WINCHESTER 2ND MODEL 1876 DELUXE SPORTING RIFLE.

SCARCE WINCHESTER 2ND MODEL 1876 DELUXE SPORTING RIFLE. SN 9784. Cal. 50 Express (50-95). Blue & color case hardened with 22″ rnd bbl, button magazine, half nickel front sight and early short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges. Caliber marking is engraved over chamber area and left side of chamber area and frame have British proofs. Top of receiver has an attached rail with second type dust cover that has impressed thumbprint and is engraved “WINCHESTER EXPRESS / .50 CAL 95 GRS”. Mounted with extra finish, very nicely figured, early style checkered American walnut with pistol grip stock having a black fleur-de-lis inlay in grip cap and a smooth steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with the assembly number “734” and “X”. The assembly number is also found in the top tang channel of the buttstock along with a “P”. This was undoubtedly a British sportsman’s India tiger rifle or African rifle. Accompanied by a Winchester Firearms Factory letter identifying rifle as: express, 22″ rnd bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock, pistol grip, 1/2 mag, shotgun butt, casehardened, received in warehouse on November 18, 1879, shipped from warehouse on November 19, 1879 with 19 other arms on Order No. 17738. PROVENANCE: Don Littman (1999); Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching, buttplate is unnumbered but undoubtedly orig to this rifle. Bbl retains about 90% strong orig blue with light muzzle end wear and a few light nicks & scratches; receiver and sideplates retain about all of their orig case colors, strong & bright with remnants of orig lacquer, moderately faded on bottom and receiver ring; dust cover retains 75-80% orig blue; lever & hammer retain strong bright case colors, moderately faded on outer edge of lever; wood is sound with light handling & use marks and retains just about all of its orig stock varnish, somewhat dulled on forearm. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-45389 JR178 (15,000-25,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

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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	1501	$46,020.00	SCARCE WINCHESTER 2ND MODEL 1876 DELUXE SPORTING RIFLE. SN 9784. Cal. 50 Express (50-95). Blue & color case hardened with 22″ rnd bbl, button magazine, half nickel front sight and early short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges. Caliber marking is engraved over chamber area and left side of chamber area and frame have British proofs. Top of receiver has an attached rail with second type dust cover that has impressed thumbprint and is engraved “WINCHESTER EXPRESS / .50 CAL 95 GRS”. Mounted with extra finish, very nicely figured, early style checkered American walnut with pistol grip stock having a black fleur-de-lis inlay in grip cap and a smooth steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with the assembly number “734” and “X”. The assembly number is also found in the top tang channel of the buttstock along with a “P”. This was undoubtedly a British sportsman’s India tiger rifle or African rifle. Accompanied by a Winchester Firearms Factory letter identifying rifle as: express, 22″ rnd bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock, pistol grip, 1/2 mag, shotgun butt, casehardened, received in warehouse on November 18, 1879, shipped from warehouse on November 19, 1879 with 19 other arms on Order No. 17738. PROVENANCE: Don Littman (1999); Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching, buttplate is unnumbered but undoubtedly orig to this rifle. Bbl retains about 90% strong orig blue with light muzzle end wear and a few light nicks & scratches; receiver and sideplates retain about all of their orig case colors, strong & bright with remnants of orig lacquer, moderately faded on bottom and receiver ring; dust cover retains 75-80% orig blue; lever & hammer retain strong bright case colors, moderately faded on outer edge of lever; wood is sound with light handling & use marks and retains just about all of its orig stock varnish, somewhat dulled on forearm. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-45389 JR178 (15,000-25,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 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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