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*SCARCE WINCHESTER 1886 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 124159. Cal. 40-82WCF, 22″ round bbl, full mag, pedestal base with pin blade front sight, 1000yd ladder carbine rear sight. Top of bbl is marked “MANUFACTURED BY THE / WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A.” Adjacent receiver “40-82 / W.C.F.” Standard receiver, left side mounted with stud and ring. Mounted with lightly figured straight-grain walnut, uncheckered straight grip, steel carbine buttplate, 9-7/8″ forend with single band. Accompanied with Cody Firearm Museum Winchester letter identifying as carbine, 40-82, sight for smokeless, shotgun butt. Received in warehouse April 13, 1903 and August 5, 1903. Shipped from warehouse August 5, 1903 on order number 195085. CONDITION: Very Good, as partially restored. Bbl retains 90% orig thinning blue blending with brown patina with normal nicks & scratches. Magazine tube and bbl bands retain most of a fine restored blue finish. Receiver retains nearly all of a fine restored blue finish showing bright on sharp edges and faint ring mark on left side. Hammer shows fading orig case colors blending with silver patina. Lever shows fading orig colors on side with balance showing a silver patina. Stock is sound as a more recent replacement, some minor handling marks and retains most of its orig finish. Forend is sound with some minor nicks, dings & handling marks and retains an old coat of added finish blending with hand-worn patina. Mechanics are crisp with a nice shiny bore. 4-36902 BDT177 (7,000-10,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2010
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