WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 DELUXE HIGH WALL TARGET RIFLE.

WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 DELUXE HIGH WALL TARGET RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 25-20 Single Shot. Composite rifle with 28″ No. 1 weight oct bbl, ivory bead Beach’s windgage front sight, empty rear dovetail with a mid-range vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. Receiver is mounted with Schutzen-style dbl set triggers, the front of which is amateur checkered. Top of the receiver is modified from round to three flats. It has spur type lever and is mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, feather & flame grain, checkered American walnut with black insert schnable tip forearm & capped pistol grip buttstock with deep cheekpiece & nickel plated Swiss buttplate. Top left flat of the bbl has usual Winchester markings with caliber marking over the chamber on the top left flat. Top flat over the chamber is hand stamped “4-20-26”. Lower tang is apparently from a straight stock rifle that has been bent to accommodate the pistol grip stock with the SN obliterated during the process. Forearm has a number “2” stamped in the inside bottom with the number “9406” on the buttstock under the buttplate and inside the toe of the buttplate. Lower buttplate screw is a replacement. PROVENANCE: Herbert G. Wellington Jr. Estate. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & receiver retain about all of an extremely fine professionally restored finish. Lever is a gray patina. Wood is extremely fine with a couple of minor grain checks on right side at buttplate and retains about all of its orig factory piano varnish finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-38559 JR87 (2,000-3,000)

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
	1536	$2,645.00	WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 DELUXE HIGH WALL TARGET RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 25-20 Single Shot. Composite rifle with 28″ No. 1 weight oct bbl, ivory bead Beach’s windgage front sight, empty rear dovetail with a mid-range vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. Receiver is mounted with Schutzen-style dbl set triggers, the front of which is amateur checkered. Top of the receiver is modified from round to three flats. It has spur type lever and is mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, feather & flame grain, checkered American walnut with black insert schnable tip forearm & capped pistol grip buttstock with deep cheekpiece & nickel plated Swiss buttplate. Top left flat of the bbl has usual Winchester markings with caliber marking over the chamber on the top left flat. Top flat over the chamber is hand stamped “4-20-26”. Lower tang is apparently from a straight stock rifle that has been bent to accommodate the pistol grip stock with the SN obliterated during the process. Forearm has a number “2” stamped in the inside bottom with the number “9406” on the buttstock under the buttplate and inside the toe of the buttplate. Lower buttplate screw is a replacement. PROVENANCE: Herbert G. Wellington Jr. Estate. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & receiver retain about all of an extremely fine professionally restored finish. Lever is a gray patina. Wood is extremely fine with a couple of minor grain checks on right side at buttplate and retains about all of its orig factory piano varnish finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-38559 JR87 (2,000-3,000) 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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