RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 FLATSIDE SADDLE RING CARBINE.

RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 FLATSIDE SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 14412. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Standard saddle ring with 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine, with integral front band & front sight. Rear sight is a 2-position flip sight marked 100, 300 & 500 yards. Top of bbl is lightly marked with Henry’s & King’s Patent 2-line address. Receiver and rifle buttplate with trap are gun metal brass with the side front of receiver flat and flush with forearm without the later front scallops. Loading gate is also blued flat steel. Mounted with uncheckered, nicely figured straight grain American walnut with carbine forearm and a single thick early bbl band and straight stock with crescent rifle buttplate with trap containing an orig 3-pc brass & iron cleaning rod. Left side of receiver has a staple & ring. SN is found on left side of lower tang under the wood, inside the top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Left side of lower tang also has the tiny assembly number “987”. No further disassembly was effected to check for additional matching parts. Front wood screw hole in the buttstock has been plugged and there is an internal pressure crack around the buttplate toe screw hole. Frame has the distinctive Henry hump profile at the top rear and the top tang has two screws. There were fewer than 3,000 of these flatside rifles & carbines produced when at about SN 15500 the design was changed to the flared front edge which permitted a thicker forearm which was substantially more durable. Early ’66 SNs, beginning in about the 12400 range, were intermixed with the late Henry rifles. Flatside ’66s are rarely encountered in any condition and when they are found they are usually used hard with little or no orig finish remaining. Carbines, especially, saw extremely hard service on the American frontier in usually extreme adverse climatic conditions with little or no maintenance. CONDITION: Very Good. Traces of orig finish remain in the most sheltered areas with the bbl & magazine tube being a smooth silver/brown patina with a couple of spots of rust pitting. Receiver has sharp edges and retains a medium mustard patina. Top edges of sideplates show no damage at all. Lever is a mottled silver/brown patina and the hammer a dark patina showing wear on the sides. Stock has a crack back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with light handling & use marks and retains most of a very old finish. Mechanics are a little stiff, in need of a little cleaning, but completely functional. Strong sharp bore with moderate pitting. 4-42259 (25,000-35,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011

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	$0.00	RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 FLATSIDE SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 14412. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Standard saddle ring with 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine, with integral front band & front sight. Rear sight is a 2-position flip sight marked 100, 300 & 500 yards. Top of bbl is lightly marked with Henry’s & King’s Patent 2-line address. Receiver and rifle buttplate with trap are gun metal brass with the side front of receiver flat and flush with forearm without the later front scallops. Loading gate is also blued flat steel. Mounted with uncheckered, nicely figured straight grain American walnut with carbine forearm and a single thick early bbl band and straight stock with crescent rifle buttplate with trap containing an orig 3-pc brass & iron cleaning rod. Left side of receiver has a staple & ring. SN is found on left side of lower tang under the wood, inside the top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Left side of lower tang also has the tiny assembly number “987”. No further disassembly was effected to check for additional matching parts. Front wood screw hole in the buttstock has been plugged and there is an internal pressure crack around the buttplate toe screw hole. Frame has the distinctive Henry hump profile at the top rear and the top tang has two screws. There were fewer than 3,000 of these flatside rifles & carbines produced when at about SN 15500 the design was changed to the flared front edge which permitted a thicker forearm which was substantially more durable. Early ’66 SNs, beginning in about the 12400 range, were intermixed with the late Henry rifles. Flatside ’66s are rarely encountered in any condition and when they are found they are usually used hard with little or no orig finish remaining. Carbines, especially, saw extremely hard service on the American frontier in usually extreme adverse climatic conditions with little or no maintenance. CONDITION: Very Good. Traces of orig finish remain in the most sheltered areas with the bbl & magazine tube being a smooth silver/brown patina with a couple of spots of rust pitting. Receiver has sharp edges and retains a medium mustard patina. Top edges of sideplates show no damage at all. Lever is a mottled silver/brown patina and the hammer a dark patina showing wear on the sides. Stock has a crack back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with light handling & use marks and retains most of a very old finish. Mechanics are a little stiff, in need of a little cleaning, but completely functional. Strong sharp bore with moderate pitting. 4-42259 (25,000-35,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011 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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