*WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 638119. Cal. 32 WCF (32-20). Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight with screw and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent steel buttplate without trap. Accompanied by a Winchester Firearms Factory letter identifying rifle as: 32 cal, octagon bbl, received in warehouse on December 13, 1909, shipped from warehouse on January 10, 1910 to Richards & Conover Hardware Co., Kansas City, MO on Order No. 243029. PROVENANCE: Mike Clark Collector’s Firearms (2001); Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine, appears to be new & unfired. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% strong orig blue with faint sharp edge wear and two small spots on left side; forend cap retains most of its orig blue with some minor flaking; receiver & sideplates retain about all of their bright orig factory blue with some very minor flaking; dust cover is an artificially aged replacement; lever & hammer retain virtually all of their orig case colors, strong & bright on sides, faded on edges; buttplate retains virtually all of its brilliant orig case colors; wood is sound with minor, scattered storage & handling nicks & scratches and retains about all of its bright factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; bolt face retains most of its orig blue. 4-45395 JR177 (4,000-7,000)

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
	1507	$12,075.00	WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 638119. Cal. 32 WCF (32-20). Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight with screw and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent steel buttplate without trap. Accompanied by a Winchester Firearms Factory letter identifying rifle as: 32 cal, octagon bbl, received in warehouse on December 13, 1909, shipped from warehouse on January 10, 1910 to Richards & Conover Hardware Co., Kansas City, MO on Order No. 243029. PROVENANCE: Mike Clark Collector’s Firearms (2001); Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine, appears to be new & unfired. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% strong orig blue with faint sharp edge wear and two small spots on left side; forend cap retains most of its orig blue with some minor flaking; receiver & sideplates retain about all of their bright orig factory blue with some very minor flaking; dust cover is an artificially aged replacement; lever & hammer retain virtually all of their orig case colors, strong & bright on sides, faded on edges; buttplate retains virtually all of its brilliant orig case colors; wood is sound with minor, scattered storage & handling nicks & scratches and retains about all of its bright factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; bolt face retains most of its orig blue. 4-45395 JR177 (4,000-7,000) 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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