Image Lot Price Description

2447
$6,900.00

WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 SEMI-DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 28989. Cal. 45-90. 26″ oct bbl with full magazine, Lyman gold bead front sight and semi-buckhorn sporting rear sight. Mounted in XX, uncheckered, fancy feather crotch walnut, pistol grip stock with ebony inlay and crescent buttplate. One top tang screw is a replacement and the other is missing. Lower tang under stock is marked with assembly number “951” as is the top tang channel of the stock and inside the crescent buttplate. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl & magazine tube retain 80% blue finish turning to smooth patina with light to moderate pitting. A series of chatter marks and scratches appear on the underside of the bbl along the magazine tube. Receiver & lever retain 60% silvery case colors with traces of vibrant colors remaining on the tangs and protected areas. Gun has turned to gray patina on the belly of the receiver. Hammer retains most of its orig case colors. Crescent buttplate has turned to gray patina with light to moderate scattered pitting. Forend retains 80% of its orig varnish with areas worn smooth and showing numerous light handling marks. Very good bore with areas of light pitting forward of the chamber. Crisp mechanics. 4-32584 WD19 (3,000-8,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007
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