SCARCE EARLY SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SCARCE EARLY SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 23906. Cal. 38-56. Beautiful standard grade rifle with 26″ heavy oct bbl, half magazine (5-shots), ivory bead front sight and “1886” marked ladder rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and crescent steel buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 38-56 with oct bbl, plain trigger, 1/2 magazine (5 cartridges), sporting leaf & Lyman front sight, received in warehouse Sept. 27, 1888 and shipped same day to Order #12881. Standard grade Winchester rifles with high orig finish are quite unusual because they were often working man tools and usually saw hard service under adverse conditions with limited maintenance. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98%+ condition with very faint sharp edge wear, a nick on the bbl and flaked magazine tube cap; receiver retains virtually all of its orig case colors, strong & bright on sides & top with the belly moderately faded but still showing the dbl shellac lines down the edges; lever & hammer retain most of their orig case colors, dark on top edge of hammer and moderately faded, turning silver on the loop; buttplate retains strong, bright case colors with wear only on edge of toe & heel; wood is sound with a few minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with some scattered roughness. 4-44497 JR433 (15,000-20,000)

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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	2021	$20,125.00	SCARCE EARLY SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 23906. Cal. 38-56. Beautiful standard grade rifle with 26″ heavy oct bbl, half magazine (5-shots), ivory bead front sight and “1886” marked ladder rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and crescent steel buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 38-56 with oct bbl, plain trigger, 1/2 magazine (5 cartridges), sporting leaf & Lyman front sight, received in warehouse Sept. 27, 1888 and shipped same day to Order #12881. Standard grade Winchester rifles with high orig finish are quite unusual because they were often working man tools and usually saw hard service under adverse conditions with limited maintenance. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98%+ condition with very faint sharp edge wear, a nick on the bbl and flaked magazine tube cap; receiver retains virtually all of its orig case colors, strong & bright on sides & top with the belly moderately faded but still showing the dbl shellac lines down the edges; lever & hammer retain most of their orig case colors, dark on top edge of hammer and moderately faded, turning silver on the loop; buttplate retains strong, bright case colors with wear only on edge of toe & heel; wood is sound with a few minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with some scattered roughness. 4-44497 JR433 (15,000-20,000) 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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