RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION MUSKET.

RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION MUSKET. SN 82375. Cal. 45-70. Rare ’86 musket with 30″ rnd bbl, full length forearm which conceals the magazine tube, that has a metal nose cap and sgl band with sling loop. It has square base front sight/bayonet lug and a musket style ladder rear sight graduated to 1,000 yards. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock and musket/carbine buttplate with trap which contains a 5-pc orig all steel cleaning rod. Bottom of stock has a sling loop. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this firearm as a musket in caliber 45-70, received in warehouse on Sept. 15, 1893 and shipped same day to Order #22833. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only about 350 of these rare muskets were produced and “The ’86 musket is the greatest rarity of all Winchester lever action muskets.” PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains about 99% strong orig factory blue with a couple of minor freckles of pinprick rust; receiver retains most of its orig case colors, strong & bright in sheltered areas and the entire left side; top & bottom are moderately faded with the dbl shellac lines still visible on the bottom; hammer retains strong case colors, turned dark; lever retains strong case colors on sides and in sheltered areas, faded on outer faces; buttplate retains moderately faded case colors showing wear on heel & toe; wood is sound with some light scrapes & dings on buttstock and a few small nicks on forearm and retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. May have been fired but if so, very little. 4-44516 JR434 (15,000-25,000)

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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	2015	$31,050.00	RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION MUSKET. SN 82375. Cal. 45-70. Rare ’86 musket with 30″ rnd bbl, full length forearm which conceals the magazine tube, that has a metal nose cap and sgl band with sling loop. It has square base front sight/bayonet lug and a musket style ladder rear sight graduated to 1,000 yards. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock and musket/carbine buttplate with trap which contains a 5-pc orig all steel cleaning rod. Bottom of stock has a sling loop. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this firearm as a musket in caliber 45-70, received in warehouse on Sept. 15, 1893 and shipped same day to Order #22833. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only about 350 of these rare muskets were produced and “The ’86 musket is the greatest rarity of all Winchester lever action muskets.” PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains about 99% strong orig factory blue with a couple of minor freckles of pinprick rust; receiver retains most of its orig case colors, strong & bright in sheltered areas and the entire left side; top & bottom are moderately faded with the dbl shellac lines still visible on the bottom; hammer retains strong case colors, turned dark; lever retains strong case colors on sides and in sheltered areas, faded on outer faces; buttplate retains moderately faded case colors showing wear on heel & toe; wood is sound with some light scrapes & dings on buttstock and a few small nicks on forearm and retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. May have been fired but if so, very little. 4-44516 JR434 (15,000-25,000) 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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