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VERY RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 IN 50-100-450. SN 110686. Cal. 50-100-450. 22″ oct bbl, half magazine, Lyman ivory bead hunting front sight, 2-leaf flip-up rear sight. Top flat of bbl is marked “MANUFACTURED BY THE / WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A.” Adjacent receiver “50-100-450”. Standard receiver top tang equipped with Lyman peep sight. Mounted with straight grain walnut, uncheckered straight grip, steel shotgun buttplate, standard forend with nose cap. Accompanied with Cody Firearms Museum Winchester letter identifying as 50-100 cal., 22″ oct bbl, plain trigger, Lyman hunting front and rear and leaf sights, half magazine, shotgun butt. Received in warehouse November 2, 1896. Shipped November 6, 1896 on order 22144. Additionally, 241 Model 1886 Winchesters were produced in 50/100/450 caliber as found in a previously compiled survey of the Model 1886 Winchesters. Inspection of inside tangs reveals assembly number 29 on left side of lower tang. Matching 29 can be found on back of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. CONDITION: Good to Very Good. Bbl retains a brown and silver patina mix. Front half has some shallow surface pitting. Receiver is mostly a silver patina blended with some brown with some areas of shallow surface pitting. Stock is sound with expected nicks, dings & scratches. Has had comb slightly modified for tang sight and retains an open-grain oil finish with hand-worn patina through grip. Forend is sound with expected nicks, dings & scratches and retains an open-grain oil finish blended with hand-worn patina. Mechanics are crisp with slightly dark bore with distinctive rifling and some scattered shallow pitting. 4-40838 BDT223 (10,000-15,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2010
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