RARE EARLY WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SMALL BORE LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

RARE EARLY WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SMALL BORE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 282148. Cal. 22 Short. Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Bbl has usual 2-line Winchester & Kings’ Improvement markings with caliber marking over chamber area. Bottom of brass carrier is marked “22 CAL. / SHORT.” Mounted with straight grain, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate without trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum Records Office worksheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 22 with oct bbl & plain trigger, received in warehouse Nov. 5, 1888 and shipped Dec. 11, 1888 to Order #16346. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were a total of 19,552 of these scarce rifles manufactured in the period 1884-1904 in two bbl lengths and two calibers. This model was the first repeating rifle chambered for 22 rimfire and as such was accepted by the American shooting public with great enthusiasm. They were usually hard used and with the small bore had very little maintenance and today are almost never found with high orig finish and unblemished bores. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Appears to be new & unused retaining about 99% crisp, orig factory finish to both metal & wood with only a faint hint of sharp edge wear in a few isolated places; lever & hammer retain most of their bright orig case colors, moderately faded on outer face of lever; buttplate retains brilliant case colors on tang, moderately faded on the face; wood is sound with a long scratch on bottom of forearm and a few other very minor nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its strong orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; probably unfired; bolt face retains about all of its orig factory blue; lever lock retains about all of its orig factory case colors as does the trigger. This is truly a magnificent, one of kind for condition ’73 small bore rifle. 4-44576 JR341 (20,000-32,000)

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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	2004	$155,250.00	RARE EARLY WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SMALL BORE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 282148. Cal. 22 Short. Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Bbl has usual 2-line Winchester & Kings’ Improvement markings with caliber marking over chamber area. Bottom of brass carrier is marked “22 CAL. / SHORT.” Mounted with straight grain, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate without trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum Records Office worksheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 22 with oct bbl & plain trigger, received in warehouse Nov. 5, 1888 and shipped Dec. 11, 1888 to Order #16346. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were a total of 19,552 of these scarce rifles manufactured in the period 1884-1904 in two bbl lengths and two calibers. This model was the first repeating rifle chambered for 22 rimfire and as such was accepted by the American shooting public with great enthusiasm. They were usually hard used and with the small bore had very little maintenance and today are almost never found with high orig finish and unblemished bores. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Appears to be new & unused retaining about 99% crisp, orig factory finish to both metal & wood with only a faint hint of sharp edge wear in a few isolated places; lever & hammer retain most of their bright orig case colors, moderately faded on outer face of lever; buttplate retains brilliant case colors on tang, moderately faded on the face; wood is sound with a long scratch on bottom of forearm and a few other very minor nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its strong orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; probably unfired; bolt face retains about all of its orig factory blue; lever lock retains about all of its orig factory case colors as does the trigger. This is truly a magnificent, one of kind for condition ’73 small bore rifle. 4-44576 JR341 (20,000-32,000) 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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