RARE EARLY WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 SPECIAL ORDER SEMI-DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

RARE EARLY WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 SPECIAL ORDER SEMI-DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 4278. Cal. 45-70. Fine early rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, Winchester combination front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with nicely figured, straight grain uncheckered American walnut with pistol grip stock that has black ebony inlay in the serpentine grip and crescent buttplate. Buttstock, under the buttplate is drilled & milled for a buttplate with a trap. Left side of lower tang has the assembly number “1310” which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. This rifle has the early feature of the tension spring screw in the top tang which is visible from the outside as well as the turned-down toe on buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 45-70 with oct bbl, plain trigger, plain pistol grip stock, received in warehouse May 3, 1887 and shipped May 13, 1887 to Order #17539. Early special order ’86s are very rare. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain most of a Turnbull restoration with strong factory style blue; receiver, lever & hammer retain about full coverage restored case colors, moderately faded; buttplate retains traces of case colors with balance turned silver; wood is sound with a few minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of a Turnbull restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-44217 JR322 (5,000-10,000)

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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	2218	$5,900.00	RARE EARLY WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 SPECIAL ORDER SEMI-DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 4278. Cal. 45-70. Fine early rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, Winchester combination front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with nicely figured, straight grain uncheckered American walnut with pistol grip stock that has black ebony inlay in the serpentine grip and crescent buttplate. Buttstock, under the buttplate is drilled & milled for a buttplate with a trap. Left side of lower tang has the assembly number “1310” which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. This rifle has the early feature of the tension spring screw in the top tang which is visible from the outside as well as the turned-down toe on buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 45-70 with oct bbl, plain trigger, plain pistol grip stock, received in warehouse May 3, 1887 and shipped May 13, 1887 to Order #17539. Early special order ’86s are very rare. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain most of a Turnbull restoration with strong factory style blue; receiver, lever & hammer retain about full coverage restored case colors, moderately faded; buttplate retains traces of case colors with balance turned silver; wood is sound with a few minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of a Turnbull restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-44217 JR322 (5,000-10,000) 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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