EXTRAORDINARILY RARE DELUXE SILVER & NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

EXTRAORDINARILY RARE DELUXE SILVER & NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 36575. Cal. 45-60. Extra special Model 76 with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, blue & half-nickel front sight with “1876” marked ladder rear sight. It has caliber marking over chamber & bottom of carrier with standard bbl markings in front of rear sight. Mounted with dlx, feather, crotch cut, flame grain, checkered, American walnut with H-style checkered forearm & pistol grip stock with fleur-de-lis black insert in serpentine grip cap. It has crescent steel buttplate with trap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, has assembly number “1726” and “XXX”. Assembly number was observed in the top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this rifle as found with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, nickel magazine, silver trim & nickel bbl, received in warehouse Sept. 28, 1883 and shipped Oct. 3, 1883 with one other Model 1876 to Order #7297. There were only a total of 63,871 Model 1876 firearms manufactured in period 1876-1897 in four calibers making this one of the most rare of all the Winchesters. According to The Winchester Book, Madis, only one of every 90 arms had plating, only one of every 400 had special wood, only one of every 420 had pistol grip and only one of every 630 had checkering. All of these factors combine to make an exceedingly rare rifle. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 99% strong orig factory nickel finish with only a very few, minuscule surface flaws. Receiver & buttplate retain virtually all of their lightly tarnished silver finish. Loading gate retains virtually all of its lightly faded fire blue. Lever & hammer retain about all of their orig case colors, stronger on sides of lever & hammer, moderately faded elsewhere. Wood is sound with minor handling & storage mars and retains most of a strong orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired. Bolt face retains most of its orig factory blue. A truly rare & exceptional rifle. 4-35136 JR488 (90,000-150,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008

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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	2165	$0.00	EXTRAORDINARILY RARE DELUXE SILVER & NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 36575. Cal. 45-60. Extra special Model 76 with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, blue & half-nickel front sight with “1876” marked ladder rear sight. It has caliber marking over chamber & bottom of carrier with standard bbl markings in front of rear sight. Mounted with dlx, feather, crotch cut, flame grain, checkered, American walnut with H-style checkered forearm & pistol grip stock with fleur-de-lis black insert in serpentine grip cap. It has crescent steel buttplate with trap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, has assembly number “1726” and “XXX”. Assembly number was observed in the top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this rifle as found with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, nickel magazine, silver trim & nickel bbl, received in warehouse Sept. 28, 1883 and shipped Oct. 3, 1883 with one other Model 1876 to Order #7297. There were only a total of 63,871 Model 1876 firearms manufactured in period 1876-1897 in four calibers making this one of the most rare of all the Winchesters. According to The Winchester Book, Madis, only one of every 90 arms had plating, only one of every 400 had special wood, only one of every 420 had pistol grip and only one of every 630 had checkering. All of these factors combine to make an exceedingly rare rifle. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 99% strong orig factory nickel finish with only a very few, minuscule surface flaws. Receiver & buttplate retain virtually all of their lightly tarnished silver finish. Loading gate retains virtually all of its lightly faded fire blue. Lever & hammer retain about all of their orig case colors, stronger on sides of lever & hammer, moderately faded elsewhere. Wood is sound with minor handling & storage mars and retains most of a strong orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired. Bolt face retains most of its orig factory blue. A truly rare & exceptional rifle. 4-35136 JR488 (90,000-150,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008 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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