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2047
$19,550.00

WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 81753. Cal. 38-56 WCF. 22″ rnd bbl, full mag, square base front with pin blade sight, ladder carbine rear sight, missing restraining screw. Top of bbl is marked “MANUFACTURED BY THE/WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.NEW HAVEN. CONN.U.S.A.”, with caliber marking between rear sight and receiver “38-56.W.C.F.” Standard 86 receiver with stud and saddle ring on left side. Mounted with straight grain walnut, uncheckered forend with single retaining band, uncheckered straight grip stock, with steel carbine buttplate. Accompanied with Cody Firearms Museum fact sheet, identifying as 38-56 carbine, received in warehouse October 28, 1893, shipped from warehouse July 20, 1894 on Order No. 17241. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl and mag tube retain about 90% orig blue with some thinning behind front sight, minor nicks & scratches, and usual handling marks. Receiver retains 90-95% orig strong case colors, silvering on bottom and front edges some faint nicks & scratches and faint rub mark from saddle ring. Hammer retains very strong dark orig case colors. Lever retains strong case colors on side, thinning and blending to gray patina across bottom. Stock is sound with usual nicks & dings, a shallow gouge on upper left side, some minor chipping at tang of buttplate, and retains a hand worn open grain oil finish. Forend is sound with minor nicks & dings, and a couple very shallow dents and retains a hand worn open grain oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, shiny bore with good rifling and some minor very shallow pitting 4-39732 BDT153 (18,000-25,000)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010
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