ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 LEVER ACTION MUSKET WITH BAYONET.

ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 LEVER ACTION MUSKET WITH BAYONET. SN 41187. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Usual configuration with 27″ round bbl, full magazine, square base front sight and 900 yard Henry ladder rear sight. Top of bbl has usual Winchester and King’s Patent markings. Rifle is mounted with very nicely figured uncheckered slab-sawed American walnut with 3/4 length forearm and straight stock with musket/carbine brass buttplate with trap. Bbl has three bands with the front band having a saber bayonet lug and the middle band a factory sling swivel with corresponding sling swivel in bottom of buttstock. Receiver & buttplate are gun metal brass. Receiver is very nicely engraved in the style of Conrad Ulrich and is a duplication of a rifle, SN 79860, as pictured, both sides on p. 110 of Winchester Engraving, Wilson. Engraving consists of full coverage over the receiver & top tang with the large panel of sulky racing horses & drivers on left sideplate, a fox & bird vignette on left front flat and a charging buffalo at the left rear with a leaping dog overlaying foliate arabesque patterns. Right side has the large vignette of an early hunter with a dead moose and his guide carrying away the antlered head all in a field & forest scene. Right front flat has the vignette of a buck deer defending against a dog or wolf and has a bear at the right rear end of receiver. All the vignettes are surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns with a variety of border patterns. Engraving extends completely over top of receiver & top tang with a small pattern on lower tang around screw hole and on the buttplate. Screw heads are all engraved. SN is on the bottom tang, under the lever and left side of lower tang under the wood. Stamped with an “M” and the assembly number “552” which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by an orig saber bayonet with 20″ Yataghan blade marked with a crown “C” on left ricasso and a large “B” on the right. It has a solid brass eagle head handle with integral handguard/bbl loop. It also has its orig brass & leather scabbard. CONDITION: Good to very good. No orig finish remains with the bbl, magazine tube & bands a medium to dark plum/brown patina with a few scattered nicks & dings. Receiver & buttplate are a smooth even medium mustard patina. Wood is sound with the forearm showing heavy wear with a few gouges and normal nicks & dings. Buttstock has a few light nicks & dings and retains about all of a refinish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good shine & scattered pitting. Bayonet blade is cleaned bright with scattered surface discoloration. Handle is cleaned and retains most of an old polish. Scabbard is dried & hard missing most of its orig finish with open stitching on back and polished throat & tip. 4-41808 (45,000-55,000)

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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	2018	$48,875.00	ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 LEVER ACTION MUSKET WITH BAYONET. SN 41187. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Usual configuration with 27″ round bbl, full magazine, square base front sight and 900 yard Henry ladder rear sight. Top of bbl has usual Winchester and King’s Patent markings. Rifle is mounted with very nicely figured uncheckered slab-sawed American walnut with 3/4 length forearm and straight stock with musket/carbine brass buttplate with trap. Bbl has three bands with the front band having a saber bayonet lug and the middle band a factory sling swivel with corresponding sling swivel in bottom of buttstock. Receiver & buttplate are gun metal brass. Receiver is very nicely engraved in the style of Conrad Ulrich and is a duplication of a rifle, SN 79860, as pictured, both sides on p. 110 of Winchester Engraving, Wilson. Engraving consists of full coverage over the receiver & top tang with the large panel of sulky racing horses & drivers on left sideplate, a fox & bird vignette on left front flat and a charging buffalo at the left rear with a leaping dog overlaying foliate arabesque patterns. Right side has the large vignette of an early hunter with a dead moose and his guide carrying away the antlered head all in a field & forest scene. Right front flat has the vignette of a buck deer defending against a dog or wolf and has a bear at the right rear end of receiver. All the vignettes are surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns with a variety of border patterns. Engraving extends completely over top of receiver & top tang with a small pattern on lower tang around screw hole and on the buttplate. Screw heads are all engraved. SN is on the bottom tang, under the lever and left side of lower tang under the wood. Stamped with an “M” and the assembly number “552” which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by an orig saber bayonet with 20″ Yataghan blade marked with a crown “C” on left ricasso and a large “B” on the right. It has a solid brass eagle head handle with integral handguard/bbl loop. It also has its orig brass & leather scabbard. CONDITION: Good to very good. No orig finish remains with the bbl, magazine tube & bands a medium to dark plum/brown patina with a few scattered nicks & dings. Receiver & buttplate are a smooth even medium mustard patina. Wood is sound with the forearm showing heavy wear with a few gouges and normal nicks & dings. Buttstock has a few light nicks & dings and retains about all of a refinish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good shine & scattered pitting. Bayonet blade is cleaned bright with scattered surface discoloration. Handle is cleaned and retains most of an old polish. Scabbard is dried & hard missing most of its orig finish with open stitching on back and polished throat & tip. 4-41808 (45,000-55,000) 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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