SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER 2ND MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER 2ND MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 14190. Cal. 45-60. Fine standard grade Model ’76 with 26″ oct bbl, button magazine, ivory bead front sight with bead broken, sporting leaf ladder rear sight graduated to 1,000 yards and a Lyman combination tang sight. Receiver is 2nd type with screwed-on dust cover rail. Mounted with nicely figured, slab sawed, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and smooth steel buttplate. Bottom of carrier, as usual, is marked with the caliber side to side and is engraved in period script lengthwise “J. Parsons” over the SN. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “121” and “CF”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum records request sheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 45-60 with 26″ 1/2 oct bbl, case hardened, plain trigger, half magazine and shotgun butt, received in warehouse May 19, 1891 and shipped same day to Order #25399. Although the records indicate “1/2 octagon” bbl, it is readily apparent that this rifle has had this full oct bbl its entire life. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue with very light muzzle & sharp edge wear with some minor pinpricks of discoloration over forearm area; receiver & sideplates retain virtually all of their brilliant orig, factory case colors, very lightly faded on sides, a little more faded over top & bottom; hammer retains very bright case color, faded on top edge; lever retains bright case colors on sides, fading to silver on outer faces; buttplate retains about 50% orig blue, showing wear at heel & toe with balance flaked, not worn, to a dark patina. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44543 JR440 (15,000-20,000)

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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	2010	$28,750.00	SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER 2ND MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 14190. Cal. 45-60. Fine standard grade Model ’76 with 26″ oct bbl, button magazine, ivory bead front sight with bead broken, sporting leaf ladder rear sight graduated to 1,000 yards and a Lyman combination tang sight. Receiver is 2nd type with screwed-on dust cover rail. Mounted with nicely figured, slab sawed, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and smooth steel buttplate. Bottom of carrier, as usual, is marked with the caliber side to side and is engraved in period script lengthwise “J. Parsons” over the SN. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “121” and “CF”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum records request sheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 45-60 with 26″ 1/2 oct bbl, case hardened, plain trigger, half magazine and shotgun butt, received in warehouse May 19, 1891 and shipped same day to Order #25399. Although the records indicate “1/2 octagon” bbl, it is readily apparent that this rifle has had this full oct bbl its entire life. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue with very light muzzle & sharp edge wear with some minor pinpricks of discoloration over forearm area; receiver & sideplates retain virtually all of their brilliant orig, factory case colors, very lightly faded on sides, a little more faded over top & bottom; hammer retains very bright case color, faded on top edge; lever retains bright case colors on sides, fading to silver on outer faces; buttplate retains about 50% orig blue, showing wear at heel & toe with balance flaked, not worn, to a dark patina. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44543 JR440 (15,000-20,000) 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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