*RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE HALF GOLD & NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 90 PUMP ACTION RIFLE.

*RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE HALF GOLD & NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 90 PUMP ACTION RIFLE. SN 703362. Cal. 22 WRF. Fine Deluxe ’90 with 24″ oct bbl, 3/4 magazine, silver bead front sight with Model 90 sheet metal rear sight and a locking Lyman large disc combination tang sight. Top flat of bbl is mounted with target scope blocks for a Winchester A5 scope. Mounted with very nicely figured American walnut with small rnd ribbed forearm and checkered capped pistol grip stock with crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “2” and two dots. Matching assembly number is in pencil on rear face of buttstock, under the buttplate, and stamped inside toe of buttplate along with two dots. Rifle is most unusual with half nickel trim and gold highlights. It has blued bbl & rcvr with nickeled lower receiver, top & bottom tangs, magazine tube, slide bar, bolt & buttplate. The hammer, trigger, slide cap, knurled inside magazine tube cap, tang sight and all screws are gold plated. The Cody Firearms Museum was unable to provide order and shipping record information but stated that the SN was applied Feb. 19, 1925. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl retains 92-94% strong but slightly dulled orig blue; receiver retains 88-90% dulled orig blue, turned plum on the bottom & receiver ring; the nickeled parts retain virtually all of their orig nickel with some fine spotting on top of bolt and top tang around the hammer slot; trigger guard has some minor losses on the edges, also with some light spotting; hammer retains about 80% gold plating; slide cap & trigger retain about 90% gold and the tang sight about 95% gold plating; receiver screw heads are a brown patina with gold in sheltered areas; tang screw retains about all of its orig gold as does the front tang sight screw; buttplate tang screw retains about 40% gold on the head with the toe screw a brown patina; wood is sound with a few nicks, scratches & light dings with heat crazed finish on buttstock and overall retains about 95% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. Deluxe Model 90s are rare, with plated examples very rare and multi-metal plated examples practically unknown. 4-45038 JR497 (4,000-6,000)

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
	2229	$5,462.50	RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE HALF GOLD & NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 90 PUMP ACTION RIFLE. SN 703362. Cal. 22 WRF. Fine Deluxe ’90 with 24″ oct bbl, 3/4 magazine, silver bead front sight with Model 90 sheet metal rear sight and a locking Lyman large disc combination tang sight. Top flat of bbl is mounted with target scope blocks for a Winchester A5 scope. Mounted with very nicely figured American walnut with small rnd ribbed forearm and checkered capped pistol grip stock with crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “2” and two dots. Matching assembly number is in pencil on rear face of buttstock, under the buttplate, and stamped inside toe of buttplate along with two dots. Rifle is most unusual with half nickel trim and gold highlights. It has blued bbl & rcvr with nickeled lower receiver, top & bottom tangs, magazine tube, slide bar, bolt & buttplate. The hammer, trigger, slide cap, knurled inside magazine tube cap, tang sight and all screws are gold plated. The Cody Firearms Museum was unable to provide order and shipping record information but stated that the SN was applied Feb. 19, 1925. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl retains 92-94% strong but slightly dulled orig blue; receiver retains 88-90% dulled orig blue, turned plum on the bottom & receiver ring; the nickeled parts retain virtually all of their orig nickel with some fine spotting on top of bolt and top tang around the hammer slot; trigger guard has some minor losses on the edges, also with some light spotting; hammer retains about 80% gold plating; slide cap & trigger retain about 90% gold and the tang sight about 95% gold plating; receiver screw heads are a brown patina with gold in sheltered areas; tang screw retains about all of its orig gold as does the front tang sight screw; buttplate tang screw retains about 40% gold on the head with the toe screw a brown patina; wood is sound with a few nicks, scratches & light dings with heat crazed finish on buttstock and overall retains about 95% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. Deluxe Model 90s are rare, with plated examples very rare and multi-metal plated examples practically unknown. 4-45038 JR497 (4,000-6,000) 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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