SCARCE WINCHESTER 1886 LEVER ACTION EXPRESS RIFLE.

SCARCE WINCHESTER 1886 LEVER ACTION EXPRESS RIFLE. SN 30984. Cal. 50EX, 26″ octagon to round bbl, half magazine, fine bead front sight with bead missing, 3-leaf Winchester express rear sight. Top of bbl is marked “MANUFACTURED BY THE / WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A.” Adjacent receiver “50EX”. Standard receiver with tang mounted peep sight. Mounted with straight grain walnut, uncheckered straight grip, crescent steel buttplate, standard forend with nose cap. Accompanied with Cody Firearm Museum fact sheet identifying as 50-110 rifle, half octagon bbl, plain trigger, half magazine. Received in warehouse 7-9-1889. Shipped from warehouse same day on order number 23246. This gun is a recent attic find as consignor states that gun was unknown until recently cleaning his grandfather’s house and found stored in attic in the Boston area. The gun came to us with a covering of many years of attic grunge, which fortunately, as you can see, cleaned very nicely. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains 97-98% orig blue with some faint wear at muzzle, some normal minor nicks & scratches and some areas of very shallow faint surface oxidation. Receiver retains strong dark, orig case colors slightly thinned on bottom with sides retaining some faint surface oxidation, mostly to lacquer finish. Hammer retains nearly all of its fine orig case colors as well as lever. Stock is sound with some normal nicks & dings and retains orig finish blending with hand-worn patina in grip area. Buttplate shows traces of faded color mixed with brown patina. Forend is sound with some minor nicks & dings and retains its orig finish. Nose-cap retains dark, orig case colors. Mechanics are crisp with bright shiny new bore, as gun has seen very little use. 4-39852 BDT178 (13,000-18,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2047	$23,000.00	SCARCE WINCHESTER 1886 LEVER ACTION EXPRESS RIFLE. SN 30984. Cal. 50EX, 26″ octagon to round bbl, half magazine, fine bead front sight with bead missing, 3-leaf Winchester express rear sight. Top of bbl is marked “MANUFACTURED BY THE / WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A.” Adjacent receiver “50EX”. Standard receiver with tang mounted peep sight. Mounted with straight grain walnut, uncheckered straight grip, crescent steel buttplate, standard forend with nose cap. Accompanied with Cody Firearm Museum fact sheet identifying as 50-110 rifle, half octagon bbl, plain trigger, half magazine. Received in warehouse 7-9-1889. Shipped from warehouse same day on order number 23246. This gun is a recent attic find as consignor states that gun was unknown until recently cleaning his grandfather’s house and found stored in attic in the Boston area. The gun came to us with a covering of many years of attic grunge, which fortunately, as you can see, cleaned very nicely. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains 97-98% orig blue with some faint wear at muzzle, some normal minor nicks & scratches and some areas of very shallow faint surface oxidation. Receiver retains strong dark, orig case colors slightly thinned on bottom with sides retaining some faint surface oxidation, mostly to lacquer finish. Hammer retains nearly all of its fine orig case colors as well as lever. Stock is sound with some normal nicks & dings and retains orig finish blending with hand-worn patina in grip area. Buttplate shows traces of faded color mixed with brown patina. Forend is sound with some minor nicks & dings and retains its orig finish. Nose-cap retains dark, orig case colors. Mechanics are crisp with bright shiny new bore, as gun has seen very little use. 4-39852 BDT178 (13,000-18,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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