FINE WINCHESTER MODEL1886 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

FINE WINCHESTER MODEL1886 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 69760. Cal. 38-56. Blue & color case hardened with 26″ rnd bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. It has the usual 2-line Winchester address with caliber marking over chamber area. Receiver, forend cap, buttplate, lever & hammer are color case hardened. Mounted with beautiful 2X highly figured flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with black triangle inlay in serpentine grip cap. Buttplate is early style, crescent steel with turned down toe. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “302” with a rare single “X” indicating that the wood is extra finish but not overly fancy. The assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock, buttplate is not marked but there is no doubt it is orig to the rifle. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle as found in caliber 38-56 with rnd bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock and pistol grip, received in warehouse and shipped the same day, Aug. 20, 1892. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching, buttplate as noted. Bbl & magazine tube retain 95-97% strong orig factory blue with some minor thinning and a few light nicks & scratches. Magazine tube has only light edge wear. Receiver retains virtually all of its orig case colors, brilliant on sides and over the top, slightly faded on the belly with distinctive lacquer lines on each edge of the belly. Forend cap retains most of its orig case colors, moderately faded. Lever & hammer also retain most of their factory case colors, brilliant on sides and rear edge of hammer, faded on top edge. Lever has brilliant case colors on left side with balance of lever fading. Buttplate retains nearly all of its orig case colors, moderately faded and turned silver on toe & heel. Wood is sound with a few very minor nicks & scratches in the varnish finish that has had a light coating of finish applied over orig finish or simply may have been polished & waxed. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, may be unfired as it retains virtually all of its orig finish on bolt face. A fine Deluxe ’86 suitable for the most discerning collector. 4-42626 JR70 (20,000-30,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2025	$25,875.00	FINE WINCHESTER MODEL1886 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 69760. Cal. 38-56. Blue & color case hardened with 26″ rnd bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. It has the usual 2-line Winchester address with caliber marking over chamber area. Receiver, forend cap, buttplate, lever & hammer are color case hardened. Mounted with beautiful 2X highly figured flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with black triangle inlay in serpentine grip cap. Buttplate is early style, crescent steel with turned down toe. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “302” with a rare single “X” indicating that the wood is extra finish but not overly fancy. The assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock, buttplate is not marked but there is no doubt it is orig to the rifle. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle as found in caliber 38-56 with rnd bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock and pistol grip, received in warehouse and shipped the same day, Aug. 20, 1892. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching, buttplate as noted. Bbl & magazine tube retain 95-97% strong orig factory blue with some minor thinning and a few light nicks & scratches. Magazine tube has only light edge wear. Receiver retains virtually all of its orig case colors, brilliant on sides and over the top, slightly faded on the belly with distinctive lacquer lines on each edge of the belly. Forend cap retains most of its orig case colors, moderately faded. Lever & hammer also retain most of their factory case colors, brilliant on sides and rear edge of hammer, faded on top edge. Lever has brilliant case colors on left side with balance of lever fading. Buttplate retains nearly all of its orig case colors, moderately faded and turned silver on toe & heel. Wood is sound with a few very minor nicks & scratches in the varnish finish that has had a light coating of finish applied over orig finish or simply may have been polished & waxed. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, may be unfired as it retains virtually all of its orig finish on bolt face. A fine Deluxe ’86 suitable for the most discerning collector. 4-42626 JR70 (20,000-30,000) 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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