*RARE SPECIAL ORDER SEMI-DELUXE WINCHESTER TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE.

*RARE SPECIAL ORDER SEMI-DELUXE WINCHESTER TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE. SN 126535. Cal. 45-70. Rare ’86 with 20″ extra light, tapered rnd bbl, half magazine, takedown with Lyman ivory bead ramp front sight and flat top rear sight. Bbl has usual markings with “NICKEL STEEL” by the rear sight and the caliber marking over the chamber. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with “I” style checkered forearm and straight stock with Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Bottom of stock has a factory sling eye with corresponding sling eye in the forend cap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “460” and “R”. Top tang channel of buttstock is stamped with the matching assembly number. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 45-70, takedown with 20″ extra light rnd bbl, plain trigger, checkered plain wood stock, half magazine, Lyman front sight, shotgun butt with rubber buttplate, sling & swivels, received in warehouse Oct. 18, 1902 and shipped Oct. 20, 1902 to Order #155970. Also accompanied by a copy of the shipping record. Configuration of this little rifle is rare & unusual and seldom encountered especially with high orig finish. Short rifles such as this one were usually ordered by trappers or horsemen and generally saw very hard service. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Overall retains 98-99% strong, orig, glossy, factory blue with faint sharp edge wear and a couple of small scratches on the receiver with some very minor thinning over the top of the takedown ring; lever & hammer retain most of their strong factory case colors, faded on top edge of hammer and outer faces of lever; wood is sound with a very few, very minor handling & storage nicks & scratches and a couple of small dings on forearm and overall retains virtually all of its orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, appears to be unfired. 4-44480 JR413126535 (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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	2020	$31,625.00	RARE SPECIAL ORDER SEMI-DELUXE WINCHESTER TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE. SN 126535. Cal. 45-70. Rare ’86 with 20″ extra light, tapered rnd bbl, half magazine, takedown with Lyman ivory bead ramp front sight and flat top rear sight. Bbl has usual markings with “NICKEL STEEL” by the rear sight and the caliber marking over the chamber. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with “I” style checkered forearm and straight stock with Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Bottom of stock has a factory sling eye with corresponding sling eye in the forend cap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “460” and “R”. Top tang channel of buttstock is stamped with the matching assembly number. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 45-70, takedown with 20″ extra light rnd bbl, plain trigger, checkered plain wood stock, half magazine, Lyman front sight, shotgun butt with rubber buttplate, sling & swivels, received in warehouse Oct. 18, 1902 and shipped Oct. 20, 1902 to Order #155970. Also accompanied by a copy of the shipping record. Configuration of this little rifle is rare & unusual and seldom encountered especially with high orig finish. Short rifles such as this one were usually ordered by trappers or horsemen and generally saw very hard service. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Overall retains 98-99% strong, orig, glossy, factory blue with faint sharp edge wear and a couple of small scratches on the receiver with some very minor thinning over the top of the takedown ring; lever & hammer retain most of their strong factory case colors, faded on top edge of hammer and outer faces of lever; wood is sound with a very few, very minor handling & storage nicks & scratches and a couple of small dings on forearm and overall retains virtually all of its orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, appears to be unfired. 4-44480 JR413126535 (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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