WIN/L RARE HALF NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 SADDLE RING CARBINE

WIN/L RARE HALF NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 SADDLE RING CARBINE SN 100111. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Standard grade carbine with 20” rnd bbl, full magazine, front band with integral sight and early style 2-position flip rear sight. It has a staple & ring on left side of receiver. Receiver & buttplate are nickel plated. Last four digits of serial number are found inside top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Mounted with nicely figured straight grain uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and crescent rifle buttplate with trap. A number of these half nickel & full nickel 66’s and 73’s were used by various trick shooters and wild west performers. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl, magazine tube & bbl bands retain about all of a fine professionally restored finish with some thinning on both sides of bbl bands. Receiver & buttplate retain 93-95% strong orig nickel with some slight flaking on sideplates and a series of scratches on right rear side of receiver. Buttplate has a few minor flaked spots. Wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and a couple of small gouges on left side of buttstock. Hammer is moderately pitted. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with a ring about midpoint and some scattered pitting. 4-32657 JR487 (6,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

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
	2298	$8,625.00	WIN/L RARE HALF NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 SADDLE RING CARBINE SN 100111. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Standard grade carbine with 20” rnd bbl, full magazine, front band with integral sight and early style 2-position flip rear sight. It has a staple & ring on left side of receiver. Receiver & buttplate are nickel plated. Last four digits of serial number are found inside top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Mounted with nicely figured straight grain uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and crescent rifle buttplate with trap. A number of these half nickel & full nickel 66’s and 73’s were used by various trick shooters and wild west performers. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl, magazine tube & bbl bands retain about all of a fine professionally restored finish with some thinning on both sides of bbl bands. Receiver & buttplate retain 93-95% strong orig nickel with some slight flaking on sideplates and a series of scratches on right rear side of receiver. Buttplate has a few minor flaked spots. Wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and a couple of small gouges on left side of buttstock. Hammer is moderately pitted. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with a ring about midpoint and some scattered pitting. 4-32657 JR487 (6,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 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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