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2432
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$8,337.00
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NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 46165. Cal. 45-75. Standard carbine with 22” rnd bbl, square base barleycorn front sight and musket-style 1,000 yard ladder rear sight. It has a stud & ring in left side of receiver. Mounted with uncheckered American walnut with very highly figured full length forearm and sgl band with metal forend cap and straight stock with carbine/musket buttplate. Right side of stock has “N.W.M.P.” cartouche in an arc near buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this carbine as having been shipped Aug. 1, 1885 with 199 other Model 1876’s to Order No. 22020. CONDITION: Good. Traces of orig finish remain in sheltered areas with metal being mostly a gray patina with some scattered light to moderate pitting on receiver & sideplates. Stock has a repaired crack and pin in wrist with a repair at toe and a repaired hairline in forestock, otherwise wood is sound and retains most of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with fine pitting. 4-32904 JR82 (5,000-8,000)
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. |