WINCHESTER 1866 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

WINCHESTER 1866 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 159789. Cal. 44RF. 24″ oct bbl, full mag, half nickel front sight with set screw, V-notch sporting rear sight with set screw, standard markings on bbl. Receiver is a butterscotch patina with nice sharp edges. Mounted with straight grain walnut, straight grip, crescent steel buttplate with trapdoor, standard forend with steel nose cap. PROVENANCE: Herbert G. Wellington Jr. Estate. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl and mag tube retain traces of orig blue in protected areas, bbl being mostly a brown patina, silvering on sharp edges mixing with some spots of faint surface oxidation. Mag tube is mostly silver patina blending with some dark brown patina spotting. Receiver with nice straight lines, normal minor nicks and scratches and has green verdigris in seams of side plate and around hammer slot. Stock is sound with very nice fit around tangs and action. Normal nicks, dings and scrapes and tiny gouges, hairline crack behind top tang and carries a dark open grain oil finish. Forend is sound with grain cracking along left side about entire length, normal nicks and dings and small dents and retains a dark open grain oil finish. Mechanics are crisp. Bore with distinct rifling, slightly frosted and some shallow scattered pitting. 4-38533 BDT269 (5,000-7,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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
	1510	$6,900.00	WINCHESTER 1866 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 159789. Cal. 44RF. 24″ oct bbl, full mag, half nickel front sight with set screw, V-notch sporting rear sight with set screw, standard markings on bbl. Receiver is a butterscotch patina with nice sharp edges. Mounted with straight grain walnut, straight grip, crescent steel buttplate with trapdoor, standard forend with steel nose cap. PROVENANCE: Herbert G. Wellington Jr. Estate. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl and mag tube retain traces of orig blue in protected areas, bbl being mostly a brown patina, silvering on sharp edges mixing with some spots of faint surface oxidation. Mag tube is mostly silver patina blending with some dark brown patina spotting. Receiver with nice straight lines, normal minor nicks and scratches and has green verdigris in seams of side plate and around hammer slot. Stock is sound with very nice fit around tangs and action. Normal nicks, dings and scrapes and tiny gouges, hairline crack behind top tang and carries a dark open grain oil finish. Forend is sound with grain cracking along left side about entire length, normal nicks and dings and small dents and retains a dark open grain oil finish. Mechanics are crisp. Bore with distinct rifling, slightly frosted and some shallow scattered pitting. 4-38533 BDT269 (5,000-7,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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