*SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LIGHTWEIGHT TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LIGHTWEIGHT TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 145587. Cal. 33 WCF. Fine special order rifle with 24″ tapered lightweight rnd bbl, half magazine takedown with pedestal mounted Lyman ivory bead front sight and flat top semi-buckhorn rear sight. Full length of top of bbl is matted and the roll markings are off to the left side to accommodate the matting. Mounted with beautiful, highly figured English walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and straight stock with crescent steel buttplate. Bottom of stock has a factory sling eye with a corresponding sling eye in forend cap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with the assembly number “781” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Right side of bbl, takedown ring & receiver are stamped with British proofs. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters, one dated 1992 and the other 1997. Both letters identify this rifle in caliber 33 with a matted rnd bbl, plain trigger, English walnut fancy checkered stock, rifle butt with screw eyes, takedown, half magazine, received in warehouse March 24, 1909 and shipped same day to Order #197470. The 1992 letter states that it was shipped with three other arms while the 1997 letter states that it was shipped with fourteen other Model 1886s. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain 96-98% strong orig factory blue with light muzzle end wear, flaking on the magazine cap and takedown lever and slightly thinned over the center of the matted area; takedown ring retains 60-70% thin orig blue; receiver retains 88-90% orig blue, strong on sides, thin over top & bottom; hammer retains strong case colors, turned dark on top edge; lever retains case colors in sheltered areas being mostly a silver/brown patina; top & bottom tangs are a blue/brown patina; wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and retains most of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-44466 JR410 (6,000-10,000)

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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	2080	$9,440.00	SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LIGHTWEIGHT TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 145587. Cal. 33 WCF. Fine special order rifle with 24″ tapered lightweight rnd bbl, half magazine takedown with pedestal mounted Lyman ivory bead front sight and flat top semi-buckhorn rear sight. Full length of top of bbl is matted and the roll markings are off to the left side to accommodate the matting. Mounted with beautiful, highly figured English walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and straight stock with crescent steel buttplate. Bottom of stock has a factory sling eye with a corresponding sling eye in forend cap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with the assembly number “781” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Right side of bbl, takedown ring & receiver are stamped with British proofs. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters, one dated 1992 and the other 1997. Both letters identify this rifle in caliber 33 with a matted rnd bbl, plain trigger, English walnut fancy checkered stock, rifle butt with screw eyes, takedown, half magazine, received in warehouse March 24, 1909 and shipped same day to Order #197470. The 1992 letter states that it was shipped with three other arms while the 1997 letter states that it was shipped with fourteen other Model 1886s. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain 96-98% strong orig factory blue with light muzzle end wear, flaking on the magazine cap and takedown lever and slightly thinned over the center of the matted area; takedown ring retains 60-70% thin orig blue; receiver retains 88-90% orig blue, strong on sides, thin over top & bottom; hammer retains strong case colors, turned dark on top edge; lever retains case colors in sheltered areas being mostly a silver/brown patina; top & bottom tangs are a blue/brown patina; wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and retains most of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-44466 JR410 (6,000-10,000) 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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