SCARCE EARLY WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SMALL BORE LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SCARCE EARLY WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SMALL BORE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 201507. Cal. 22 Short. Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4″ rnd bbl, full magazine and half nickel front sight with early semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight grip & crescent steel buttplate without trap. Inside magazine tube is orig. This rifle was produced in 1886. Only about 19,500 of these small bore ’73s were produced in the period 1884 to 1904 and was the first repeating rifle model chambered for the 22 rimfire. Generally these rifles saw hard service with little or no maintenance and are rarely found today in orig configuration with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Paul Sorrel 1998; Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 92-94% orig blue turning plum with a couple of small thin areas. Outer magazine tube retains 97-98% strong orig blue; receiver retains 92-94% orig blue, turning plum; hammer retains most of its bright orig case colors; lever retains strong bright case colors on the sides, faded to silver on the outer faces; buttplate retains some silvered case colors being mostly a brown patina; wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and a few dings on the stock and retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-45448 JR181 (6,000-10,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1504	$8,050.00	SCARCE EARLY WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SMALL BORE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 201507. Cal. 22 Short. Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4″ rnd bbl, full magazine and half nickel front sight with early semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight grip & crescent steel buttplate without trap. Inside magazine tube is orig. This rifle was produced in 1886. Only about 19,500 of these small bore ’73s were produced in the period 1884 to 1904 and was the first repeating rifle model chambered for the 22 rimfire. Generally these rifles saw hard service with little or no maintenance and are rarely found today in orig configuration with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Paul Sorrel 1998; Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 92-94% orig blue turning plum with a couple of small thin areas. Outer magazine tube retains 97-98% strong orig blue; receiver retains 92-94% orig blue, turning plum; hammer retains most of its bright orig case colors; lever retains strong bright case colors on the sides, faded to silver on the outer faces; buttplate retains some silvered case colors being mostly a brown patina; wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and a few dings on the stock and retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-45448 JR181 (6,000-10,000) 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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