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*WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 124159. Cal. 40-82. 22″ rnd bbl, full mag, pedestal front base, blade missing with small white insert in slot, standard carbine rear sight, with rnd ivory insert in standing blade. Top of bbl is marked “MANUFACTURED BY THE/WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.NEW HAVEN.CONN.U.S.A.”. Behind rear sight caliber designation “40-82/W.C.F.” Standard 86 receiver with stud and saddle ring on left side. Mounted with nicely figured walnut, uncheckered forend with single retaining band, uncheckered straight grip stock with steel carbine butt. Accompanied with Cody Firearms Museum Winchester letter, identifying as 40-82 carbine, sight for smokeless, shotgun butt, received in warehouse April 13, 1903, August 5, 1903, shipped from warehouse August 5, 1903, on Order No. 195085. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 75-80% orig blue, muzzle wear, some thinning areas blending with brown patina, some thinning over chamber area blending with brown patina and usual nicks & dings. Mag tube retains 90-95% blue with a minor dent about 2″ from forend. Receiver retains 98% of a restored blue with some fine sharp edge thinning and faint saddle ring mark on left side. Hammer retains most of its orig case coloring with some silvering on sharp edges. Lever retains traces of orig color thinning and blending with a silver patina. Stock is sound with minor nicks and dings, small hairline crack on left side adjacent to heel of buttplate. This fine replacement stock retains nearly all of its fine open grain oil finish. Forend is sound with numerous nicks and dings and retains a fine hand worn patina finish. Mechanics are crisp with a nice shiny bore. 4-37959 (20,000-25,000)
Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009 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. |