SCARCE 1ST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SCARCE 1ST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 23136. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4″ medium weight rnd bbl, full magazine with threaded plug screw, ivory bead combination front sight and short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges. Receiver has mortised impressed thumbprint dust cover. Mounted with slab-sawed, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock & crescent steel buttplate with trap containing a 4-pc all steel, orig cleaning rod. These early ’73s were Winchesters first centerfire repeater and were extremely popular on the American frontier. They usually saw hard & continuous service usually under very adverse conditions with little or no maintenance and are rarely found today with high orig finish. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum Letter identifying this rifle with rnd bbl, plain trigger, received in warehouse October 12, 1877 and shipped April 9, 1878 “with one other arm to order number 11537”. PROVENANCE: Paul Sorrell; Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 92-93% strong orig factory blue with muzzle end wear and a few light scratches; receiver & sideplates retain about 75-80% strong orig blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn, to a medium patina; lever & hammer retain strong orig case colors, faded on the outer faces of the lever; buttplate retains smoky case colors, being mostly a gray patina; wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and one gouge on the forearm and overall retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bore. 4-45390 JR182 (12,500-17,500)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1503	$11,800.00	SCARCE 1ST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 23136. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4″ medium weight rnd bbl, full magazine with threaded plug screw, ivory bead combination front sight and short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges. Receiver has mortised impressed thumbprint dust cover. Mounted with slab-sawed, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock & crescent steel buttplate with trap containing a 4-pc all steel, orig cleaning rod. These early ’73s were Winchesters first centerfire repeater and were extremely popular on the American frontier. They usually saw hard & continuous service usually under very adverse conditions with little or no maintenance and are rarely found today with high orig finish. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum Letter identifying this rifle with rnd bbl, plain trigger, received in warehouse October 12, 1877 and shipped April 9, 1878 “with one other arm to order number 11537”. PROVENANCE: Paul Sorrell; Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 92-93% strong orig factory blue with muzzle end wear and a few light scratches; receiver & sideplates retain about 75-80% strong orig blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn, to a medium patina; lever & hammer retain strong orig case colors, faded on the outer faces of the lever; buttplate retains smoky case colors, being mostly a gray patina; wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and one gouge on the forearm and overall retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bore. 4-45390 JR182 (12,500-17,500) 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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