SECOND MODEL WINCHESTER 1876 LEVER-ACTION RIFLE.

SECOND MODEL WINCHESTER 1876 LEVER-ACTION RIFLE. SN 8279. Cal. 45-75. 28″ oct bbl, full mag, nickel Rocky Mountain front sight, 1876″ marked ladder rear sight. Top flat of bbl is marked, “WINCHESTER’S-REPEATING ARMS.NEW HAVEN.CT./KING’S-IMPROVEMENT-PATENTED-MARCH.29.1866.OCTOBER 16.1860.” Second model receiver, screw on rail with thumb print dust cover. Top tang is mounted with a thick base 4″ tang sight. Mounted with straight-grain walnut, straight grip, crescent steel buttplate with trapdoor, standard forend with nose cap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum Winchester letter identifying as rifle, oct bbl, plain trigger, lid, received in warehouse on November 18, 1879. Shipped from warehouse January 1, 1880. Inspection of lower tang reveals an assembly number 4328 and matching number can be found on inside toe of buttplate. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 85-90% orig blue. Silvering on sharp edges, some minor muzzle wear, flaking on right flat near muzzle. Usual light nicks and scratches. Mag tube retains 75% orig blue, thinning and toning with brown patina. Usual light nicks and scratches. Receiver retains 75% orig blue with wear on sharp edges. Some flaking and carry wear blending with silver and brown patina. Numerous minor nicks and small scratches. Dust cover has flaking, orig blue blending with brown patina and sharp checkering. Hammer retains orig case colors, blending with some silver patina on left side. Lever shows orig case colors in protected areas and blending with a silver patina. Stock is sound with some minor nicks and dings. Slightly undersized at buttplate and retains an old open-grain oil finish. Forend is sound with typical nicks and dings. Traces of orig varnish retianing mostly a hand-worn patina finish. Nose cap has traces of orig blue that is blending with a brown patina. Mechanics are crisp with nice bore with fine scattered pitting. 4-39510 BDT74 (4,000-6,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

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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	2038	$5,175.00	SECOND MODEL WINCHESTER 1876 LEVER-ACTION RIFLE. SN 8279. Cal. 45-75. 28″ oct bbl, full mag, nickel Rocky Mountain front sight, 1876″ marked ladder rear sight. Top flat of bbl is marked, “WINCHESTER’S-REPEATING ARMS.NEW HAVEN.CT./KING’S-IMPROVEMENT-PATENTED-MARCH.29.1866.OCTOBER 16.1860.” Second model receiver, screw on rail with thumb print dust cover. Top tang is mounted with a thick base 4″ tang sight. Mounted with straight-grain walnut, straight grip, crescent steel buttplate with trapdoor, standard forend with nose cap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum Winchester letter identifying as rifle, oct bbl, plain trigger, lid, received in warehouse on November 18, 1879. Shipped from warehouse January 1, 1880. Inspection of lower tang reveals an assembly number 4328 and matching number can be found on inside toe of buttplate. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 85-90% orig blue. Silvering on sharp edges, some minor muzzle wear, flaking on right flat near muzzle. Usual light nicks and scratches. Mag tube retains 75% orig blue, thinning and toning with brown patina. Usual light nicks and scratches. Receiver retains 75% orig blue with wear on sharp edges. Some flaking and carry wear blending with silver and brown patina. Numerous minor nicks and small scratches. Dust cover has flaking, orig blue blending with brown patina and sharp checkering. Hammer retains orig case colors, blending with some silver patina on left side. Lever shows orig case colors in protected areas and blending with a silver patina. Stock is sound with some minor nicks and dings. Slightly undersized at buttplate and retains an old open-grain oil finish. Forend is sound with typical nicks and dings. Traces of orig varnish retianing mostly a hand-worn patina finish. Nose cap has traces of orig blue that is blending with a brown patina. Mechanics are crisp with nice bore with fine scattered pitting. 4-39510 BDT74 (4,000-6,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 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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