BEAUTIFUL SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE HEAVYWEIGHT WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 HIGH WALL SINGLE SHOT RIFLE.

BEAUTIFUL SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE HEAVYWEIGHT WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 HIGH WALL SINGLE SHOT RIFLE. SN 74381. Cal. 38-55. Wonderful high wall with 30″ No. 5 weight oct bbl with windage adjustable globe front sight, no provision for a rear seat and a vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. It is fitted with sgl set trigger and standard lever. Mounted with extremely beautiful, highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style, black insert, schnable tip forearm and capped pistol grip stock with nickeled brass Swiss buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with the assembly number “3450”, “XXX” and “SBC”. There is also an old assembly number that was X’d out. Bottom of bbl has the matching assembly number with the caliber “38-55” which has been stamped over “32-40”. Rear face of forearm has the matching assembly number in pencil and the buttstock is stamped with the matching assembly number on the rear face, under the buttplate and inside the toe of the buttplate. A Cody Firearms Museum letter on this rifle would likely clear up the marked over assembly number. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains 98-99% strong orig blue with faint sharp edge wear and some fine surface etching on top three flats over the forearm area; receiver retains virtually all of its brilliant, orig factory case colors with only faint sharp edge wear and some minor fading over the top & bottom edges; wood is sound with a few minor mars on the surface and overall retains about all of its crisp piano varnish finish; buttplate retains traces of nickel in sheltered areas, being a medium to dark mustard patina. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-44538 JR461 (15,000-25,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2104	$12,980.00	BEAUTIFUL SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE HEAVYWEIGHT WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 HIGH WALL SINGLE SHOT RIFLE. SN 74381. Cal. 38-55. Wonderful high wall with 30″ No. 5 weight oct bbl with windage adjustable globe front sight, no provision for a rear seat and a vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. It is fitted with sgl set trigger and standard lever. Mounted with extremely beautiful, highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style, black insert, schnable tip forearm and capped pistol grip stock with nickeled brass Swiss buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with the assembly number “3450”, “XXX” and “SBC”. There is also an old assembly number that was X’d out. Bottom of bbl has the matching assembly number with the caliber “38-55” which has been stamped over “32-40”. Rear face of forearm has the matching assembly number in pencil and the buttstock is stamped with the matching assembly number on the rear face, under the buttplate and inside the toe of the buttplate. A Cody Firearms Museum letter on this rifle would likely clear up the marked over assembly number. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains 98-99% strong orig blue with faint sharp edge wear and some fine surface etching on top three flats over the forearm area; receiver retains virtually all of its brilliant, orig factory case colors with only faint sharp edge wear and some minor fading over the top & bottom edges; wood is sound with a few minor mars on the surface and overall retains about all of its crisp piano varnish finish; buttplate retains traces of nickel in sheltered areas, being a medium to dark mustard patina. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-44538 JR461 (15,000-25,000) 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.

.red{fill:#B50938;} .white{fill:#FFFFFF;} .blue{fill:#005596;}