WINCHESTER 1866 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

WINCHESTER 1866 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 156442. Cal. 44CF. 24″ oct bbl, full mag, half nickel front sight, serrated side, flat top sporting rear, missing set screw and elevator. Standard markings on flat top of bbl, standard receiver mounted with straight grain walnut, straight grip, crescent steel buttplate, standard forend with steel nose cap. Accompanied with Cody Firearms Museum Winchester letter identifying gun as rnd bbl rifle, received in warehouse on December 22, 1881 and shipped from warehouse on May 8, 1882 on order no. 32437. PROVENANCE: Herbert G. Wellington Jr. Estate. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl retains a dark patina color, silvering on sharp edges and being covered with some very shallow surface oxidation marks. Mag tube has silvered with some fine pitting retaining brown patina. This bbl, though not matching the letter has definitely been here for a long time. Receiver is a butterscotch color with good edges and straight lines, usual nicks, dings and scratches, some green verdigris in seams of side plates. Stock is sound, slightly shy around tangs, typical nicks, dings and shallow gouges. Grain crack on both sides of buttplate at lower screw and carries a dark open grain oil finish. Forend is sound with small chips on both sides at nose cap, usual minor nicks and dings and retains a dark oil finish blending with hand worn patina. Mechanics are such that hammer won’t catch in full cock notch when levered but can be pulled there manually. Bottom extractor and firing pin are not present. Bore is dark with distinct rifling and moderate scattered pitting. 4-38541 BDT268 (3,000-5,000)

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
	1516	$5,462.50	WINCHESTER 1866 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 156442. Cal. 44CF. 24″ oct bbl, full mag, half nickel front sight, serrated side, flat top sporting rear, missing set screw and elevator. Standard markings on flat top of bbl, standard receiver mounted with straight grain walnut, straight grip, crescent steel buttplate, standard forend with steel nose cap. Accompanied with Cody Firearms Museum Winchester letter identifying gun as rnd bbl rifle, received in warehouse on December 22, 1881 and shipped from warehouse on May 8, 1882 on order no. 32437. PROVENANCE: Herbert G. Wellington Jr. Estate. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl retains a dark patina color, silvering on sharp edges and being covered with some very shallow surface oxidation marks. Mag tube has silvered with some fine pitting retaining brown patina. This bbl, though not matching the letter has definitely been here for a long time. Receiver is a butterscotch color with good edges and straight lines, usual nicks, dings and scratches, some green verdigris in seams of side plates. Stock is sound, slightly shy around tangs, typical nicks, dings and shallow gouges. Grain crack on both sides of buttplate at lower screw and carries a dark open grain oil finish. Forend is sound with small chips on both sides at nose cap, usual minor nicks and dings and retains a dark oil finish blending with hand worn patina. Mechanics are such that hammer won’t catch in full cock notch when levered but can be pulled there manually. Bottom extractor and firing pin are not present. Bore is dark with distinct rifling and moderate scattered pitting. 4-38541 BDT268 (3,000-5,000) 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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