3RD MODEL WINCHESTER 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE.

3RD MODEL WINCHESTER 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 301661. Cal. 44-40. 20″ rnd bbl, full mag, barley corn front sight, standard carbine ladder rear sight, marked “1873”. Standard bbl markings, standard 3rd model receiver, dust cover missing, left side with staple and ring wrapped in leather. Mounted with straight grain walnut, straight grip, steel carbine buttplate with trap door, standard forend with band. Accompanied with Cody Firearms Museum Winchester letter identifying as 44 cal carbine, received in warehouse June 29, 1889, shipped from warehouse July 22, 1889 on Order No 24238. PROVENANCE: Herbert G. Wellington Jr. Estate. CONDITION: Good. Bbl and mag tube have been cleaned years ago and retain a gray mixing with brown patina. Receiver is clean and has similar patina finish with some very shallow surface oxidation marks. Stock is sound with normal nicks & dings, some dried grain checking on both sides, and retains a dark open grain oil finish. Forend is sound with normal nicks & dings, repaired crack from band forward on left side and retains a dark open grain oil finish. Mechanics are sound, dark bore, with good rifling and scattered shallow pits. 4-38529 BDT259 (1,500-2,500)

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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	1523	$2,070.00	3RD MODEL WINCHESTER 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 301661. Cal. 44-40. 20″ rnd bbl, full mag, barley corn front sight, standard carbine ladder rear sight, marked “1873”. Standard bbl markings, standard 3rd model receiver, dust cover missing, left side with staple and ring wrapped in leather. Mounted with straight grain walnut, straight grip, steel carbine buttplate with trap door, standard forend with band. Accompanied with Cody Firearms Museum Winchester letter identifying as 44 cal carbine, received in warehouse June 29, 1889, shipped from warehouse July 22, 1889 on Order No 24238. PROVENANCE: Herbert G. Wellington Jr. Estate. CONDITION: Good. Bbl and mag tube have been cleaned years ago and retain a gray mixing with brown patina. Receiver is clean and has similar patina finish with some very shallow surface oxidation marks. Stock is sound with normal nicks & dings, some dried grain checking on both sides, and retains a dark open grain oil finish. Forend is sound with normal nicks & dings, repaired crack from band forward on left side and retains a dark open grain oil finish. Mechanics are sound, dark bore, with good rifling and scattered shallow pits. 4-38529 BDT259 (1,500-2,500) 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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