RARE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 WITH COLOR CASE HARDENED RECEIVER.

RARE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 WITH COLOR CASE HARDENED RECEIVER. SN 69679. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Rare ’92 rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver, lever, hammer, forend cap & buttplate are color case hardened. Mounted with modern replacement, very nicely figured, uncheckered English walnut with straight stock & crescent steel buttplate. Bottom of stock has a factory sling wire with sling swivel in forend cap. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “3700”, “XX” and “C”. Top tang channel of buttstock is stamped with a matching assembly number, recently applied. Buttplate is a modern replacement and it is not numbered. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 44 with 26″ oct bbl, plain trigger, case hardened, sling & swivel, received in warehouse April 2, 1897 and shipped same day to Order #6038. This rifle is a complete Doug Turnbull restoration including new wood. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine plus. Overall retains virtually all of its fine Winchester style restored finish with strong blue and brilliant case colors; wood is sound with a few light handling & storage nicks and retains about all of its Winchester style varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore. 4-44603 JR423 (12,500-17,500)

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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	2102	$0.00	RARE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 WITH COLOR CASE HARDENED RECEIVER. SN 69679. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Rare ’92 rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver, lever, hammer, forend cap & buttplate are color case hardened. Mounted with modern replacement, very nicely figured, uncheckered English walnut with straight stock & crescent steel buttplate. Bottom of stock has a factory sling wire with sling swivel in forend cap. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “3700”, “XX” and “C”. Top tang channel of buttstock is stamped with a matching assembly number, recently applied. Buttplate is a modern replacement and it is not numbered. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 44 with 26″ oct bbl, plain trigger, case hardened, sling & swivel, received in warehouse April 2, 1897 and shipped same day to Order #6038. This rifle is a complete Doug Turnbull restoration including new wood. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine plus. Overall retains virtually all of its fine Winchester style restored finish with strong blue and brilliant case colors; wood is sound with a few light handling & storage nicks and retains about all of its Winchester style varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore. 4-44603 JR423 (12,500-17,500) 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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