EXTREMELY RARE, VERY EARLY SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 “BIG 50” LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

Revised: 3/9/2012

Additional Information: The lower tang on this rifle is a replacement. The stock has been renumbered to match the assembly number on the tang.

EXTREMELY RARE, VERY EARLY SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 “BIG 50” LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 74783. Cal. 50 Ex. (50-110). Extraordinary deluxe ’86 with 26″ extra-heavy oct bbl that is 1″ across the flats. It has full magazine and Lyman ivory bead hunting front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and a Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and serpentine pistol grip stock with black triangle inlay and crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “685” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. This rifle is quite unusual with its extra heavy bbl, color case hardened receiver and crescent buttplate. This weight barrel is rare on any Winchester but more so on the heavier 50 caliber rifles. The color case hardening on a 50 caliber rifle also is somewhat unusual because by the time the 50 caliber was adopted for the 1886 the standard for this model was blued frame. The crescent buttplate is equally unusual on a 50 caliber rifle because they were very uncomfortable to shoot with anything but a shotgun buttplate. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters, one dated 1988 and the other 2007 with both having identical information which identifies this rifle in caliber 50-110, extra heavy oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip and Lyman front & rear sights, received in warehouse Feb. 14, 1893 and shipped same day to Order #14285. Also accompanying is a copy of the shipping record. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% strong orig blue with very light sharp edge wear and a small scratch on top left flat that does not go completely through the blue; receiver retains about all of its orig case colors, brilliant on left side which also has most of its orig shellac, and in sheltered areas elsewhere, fading to silver on the bottom and areas of the right side; top of receiver is moderately faded; hammer retains strong case colors, moderately faded on top edge; lever retains most of its orig case colors, strong & bright on sides and upper front, strong in sheltered areas, lightly to moderately faded on outer face; wood is sound with a few light storage & handling nicks & scratches and a grain check in left side of buttstock and overall retains most of an outstanding professionally restored finish; buttplate retains about all of its orig case colors, bright in a few spots, moderately faded elsewhere. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. May have been fired but if so very little. 4-44487 JR430 (45,000-75,000)

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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	2016	$47,200.00	Revised: 3/9/2012 Additional Information: The lower tang on this rifle is a replacement. The stock has been renumbered to match the assembly number on the tang. EXTREMELY RARE, VERY EARLY SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 “BIG 50” LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 74783. Cal. 50 Ex. (50-110). Extraordinary deluxe ’86 with 26″ extra-heavy oct bbl that is 1″ across the flats. It has full magazine and Lyman ivory bead hunting front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and a Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and serpentine pistol grip stock with black triangle inlay and crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “685” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. This rifle is quite unusual with its extra heavy bbl, color case hardened receiver and crescent buttplate. This weight barrel is rare on any Winchester but more so on the heavier 50 caliber rifles. The color case hardening on a 50 caliber rifle also is somewhat unusual because by the time the 50 caliber was adopted for the 1886 the standard for this model was blued frame. The crescent buttplate is equally unusual on a 50 caliber rifle because they were very uncomfortable to shoot with anything but a shotgun buttplate. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters, one dated 1988 and the other 2007 with both having identical information which identifies this rifle in caliber 50-110, extra heavy oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip and Lyman front & rear sights, received in warehouse Feb. 14, 1893 and shipped same day to Order #14285. Also accompanying is a copy of the shipping record. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% strong orig blue with very light sharp edge wear and a small scratch on top left flat that does not go completely through the blue; receiver retains about all of its orig case colors, brilliant on left side which also has most of its orig shellac, and in sheltered areas elsewhere, fading to silver on the bottom and areas of the right side; top of receiver is moderately faded; hammer retains strong case colors, moderately faded on top edge; lever retains most of its orig case colors, strong & bright on sides and upper front, strong in sheltered areas, lightly to moderately faded on outer face; wood is sound with a few light storage & handling nicks & scratches and a grain check in left side of buttstock and overall retains most of an outstanding professionally restored finish; buttplate retains about all of its orig case colors, bright in a few spots, moderately faded elsewhere. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. May have been fired but if so very little. 4-44487 JR430 (45,000-75,000) 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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