*RARE FACTORY GOLD AND NICKEL ENGRAVED WINCHESTER 1886 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*RARE FACTORY GOLD AND NICKEL ENGRAVED WINCHESTER 1886 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 122768. Cal. 45-90. Beautiful deluxe rifle with 26″ octagon bbl, full magazine, fixed blade front sight with set screw and V-notch sporting rear sight. Rifle has 4 dollar engraving, gold plated with a large vignette of a buck deer running across a rocky landscape, surrounded by bold arabesque foliate scrolls with punch dot background and border engraved in a snake and dot pattern. Right side forward part of the small circle with a standing buck deer with remainder a bold foliate arabesque scroll with punch dot background and matching snake and dot border. Top of receiver, along bolt, has a narrow snake and dot borders and moderate foliate scroll over the receiving ring. Bbl, over the chamber area has some light foliate scroll and a border design around caliber designation. Mounted with “XX” walnut with H-style checkered forend and checkered pistol grip stock with Winchester hard rubber grip cap and an engraved gold plated crescent butt-plate. The bbl, magazine tube, sights, lever, hammer, bolt, loading gate, and screws are all nickeled on this fine deluxe rifle. Accompanying is a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this rifle and showing a long storied history of shipments from and returns to the factory with first ship date of March 9th, 1901 and concluding as “charge to exhibition showcase sample consignment account ticket #547859” on July 26, 1921. Order #7604-27. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine. The nickeled bbl and magazine tube have the usual nicks and scratches with sharp edge wear; the nickeled sights show more wear on the edges than the bbl and mag-tube; the gold plated receiver shows wear on the sharp edges but still contains very much of it’s orig. gold plating; the nickeled receiver parts retain most of their nickel; buttplate shows considerable loss of gold but still has evidence that it was gold plated; the deluxe wood carries a complete and professional restoration of factory quality from Turnbull restorations. Mechanics are crisp; bore is somewhat dark with moderate pitting. 4-44448 (40,000-70,000)

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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	2017	$53,100.00	RARE FACTORY GOLD AND NICKEL ENGRAVED WINCHESTER 1886 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 122768. Cal. 45-90. Beautiful deluxe rifle with 26″ octagon bbl, full magazine, fixed blade front sight with set screw and V-notch sporting rear sight. Rifle has 4 dollar engraving, gold plated with a large vignette of a buck deer running across a rocky landscape, surrounded by bold arabesque foliate scrolls with punch dot background and border engraved in a snake and dot pattern. Right side forward part of the small circle with a standing buck deer with remainder a bold foliate arabesque scroll with punch dot background and matching snake and dot border. Top of receiver, along bolt, has a narrow snake and dot borders and moderate foliate scroll over the receiving ring. Bbl, over the chamber area has some light foliate scroll and a border design around caliber designation. Mounted with “XX” walnut with H-style checkered forend and checkered pistol grip stock with Winchester hard rubber grip cap and an engraved gold plated crescent butt-plate. The bbl, magazine tube, sights, lever, hammer, bolt, loading gate, and screws are all nickeled on this fine deluxe rifle. Accompanying is a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this rifle and showing a long storied history of shipments from and returns to the factory with first ship date of March 9th, 1901 and concluding as “charge to exhibition showcase sample consignment account ticket #547859” on July 26, 1921. Order #7604-27. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine. The nickeled bbl and magazine tube have the usual nicks and scratches with sharp edge wear; the nickeled sights show more wear on the edges than the bbl and mag-tube; the gold plated receiver shows wear on the sharp edges but still contains very much of it’s orig. gold plating; the nickeled receiver parts retain most of their nickel; buttplate shows considerable loss of gold but still has evidence that it was gold plated; the deluxe wood carries a complete and professional restoration of factory quality from Turnbull restorations. Mechanics are crisp; bore is somewhat dark with moderate pitting. 4-44448 (40,000-70,000) 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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