*VERY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE TAKEDOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE 2-BARREL SET.

*VERY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE TAKEDOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE 2-BARREL SET. SN 137717. Cal. 50 Ex. (50-110) & 45-70. Extremely rare factory lettered 2-barrel set with 26″ rnd 50-110 bbl and 22″ tapered lightweight rnd 45-70 bbl. Both bbls have full magazines with Lyman ivory bead hunting front sights and Lyman 6A, 2-leaf folding rear sights. The front sight on the 45-70 bbl is pedestal mounted. Receiver has a Lyman Model 21 side sight. It is mounted with very nicely figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearms and straight stock with Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Bottom of stock has a sling eye with corresponding sling eyes in each of the forend caps. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with the assembly number “8” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is also found in the top tang channel of the buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle as a takedown, cal. 45-70, with 22″ rnd bbl, plain trigger, checkered oil finish stock with leaf & receiver sights, full magazine, shotgun butt with rubber buttplate, extra-light, sling & swivels, with “26 inch interchangeable round nickel steel barrel, 50 Express, Lyman hunting front and Lyman leaf rear sights, Winchester high velocity target, oiled forearm, screw eyes”, received in warehouse March 20, 1906 and shipped same day to Order #43612. Also accompanied by a letter on “FIREARMS RESEARCH” letterhead over the signature of Waddy Colvert, wherein he states that this rifle with 45-70, 26″ bbl extra-lightweight with a 50 Express caliber interchangeable bbl is the “only” firearm made by Winchester in that configuration. Mr. Colvert was the former head of the Cody Firearms Museum Records Office who later founded his own research service with access to the complete Winchester shipping records. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. The 50 cal bbl & magazine tube retain about 98-99% strong orig factory blue with only a couple of tiny scratches on bbl & a couple of others on the magazine tube; brilliant shiny bore; 45-70 bbl & magazine tube also retain about 98-99% strong orig blue with a couple of small scratches on bbl & a small ding on magazine tube with some minor flaking on the magazine cap; bright shiny bore; 50 cal takedown ring retains 97-98% glossy orig blue; the 45-70 takedown ring retains about 95% thin orig blue; receiver retains 90-93% orig blue, strong on sides & top with sharp edge wear and a blue/gray belly; hammer retains brilliant case colors as does the lever with light fading on inside upper face of the loop; wood is sound with very minor nicks & scratches and overall retains virtually all of its fine, orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp. 4-44489 JR415 (20,000-35,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

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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	2075	$43,125.00	VERY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE TAKEDOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE 2-BARREL SET. SN 137717. Cal. 50 Ex. (50-110) & 45-70. Extremely rare factory lettered 2-barrel set with 26″ rnd 50-110 bbl and 22″ tapered lightweight rnd 45-70 bbl. Both bbls have full magazines with Lyman ivory bead hunting front sights and Lyman 6A, 2-leaf folding rear sights. The front sight on the 45-70 bbl is pedestal mounted. Receiver has a Lyman Model 21 side sight. It is mounted with very nicely figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearms and straight stock with Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Bottom of stock has a sling eye with corresponding sling eyes in each of the forend caps. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with the assembly number “8” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is also found in the top tang channel of the buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle as a takedown, cal. 45-70, with 22″ rnd bbl, plain trigger, checkered oil finish stock with leaf & receiver sights, full magazine, shotgun butt with rubber buttplate, extra-light, sling & swivels, with “26 inch interchangeable round nickel steel barrel, 50 Express, Lyman hunting front and Lyman leaf rear sights, Winchester high velocity target, oiled forearm, screw eyes”, received in warehouse March 20, 1906 and shipped same day to Order #43612. Also accompanied by a letter on “FIREARMS RESEARCH” letterhead over the signature of Waddy Colvert, wherein he states that this rifle with 45-70, 26″ bbl extra-lightweight with a 50 Express caliber interchangeable bbl is the “only” firearm made by Winchester in that configuration. Mr. Colvert was the former head of the Cody Firearms Museum Records Office who later founded his own research service with access to the complete Winchester shipping records. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. The 50 cal bbl & magazine tube retain about 98-99% strong orig factory blue with only a couple of tiny scratches on bbl & a couple of others on the magazine tube; brilliant shiny bore; 45-70 bbl & magazine tube also retain about 98-99% strong orig blue with a couple of small scratches on bbl & a small ding on magazine tube with some minor flaking on the magazine cap; bright shiny bore; 50 cal takedown ring retains 97-98% glossy orig blue; the 45-70 takedown ring retains about 95% thin orig blue; receiver retains 90-93% orig blue, strong on sides & top with sharp edge wear and a blue/gray belly; hammer retains brilliant case colors as does the lever with light fading on inside upper face of the loop; wood is sound with very minor nicks & scratches and overall retains virtually all of its fine, orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp. 4-44489 JR415 (20,000-35,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 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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