Image Lot Price Description

4140
$7,187.00

WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 45-90. SN 79716. Standard grade rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight & semi-buckhorn rear sight missing the elevator. Wood is nicely figured American walnut, uncheckered, with straight stock & crescent buttplate. This entire rifle, including the wood, has a heavy coating of old dried oil or wax. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains 92-93% orig blue turning plum. Magazine tube retains about 95% orig blue. Forend cap has traces of case colors with the balance turned silver. Receiver retains 50-60% orig case colors overall, mostly faded, with a strong bright area on the left side. Wood is sound with light handling & use marks with some dark oil staining around receiver & buttplate and retains 60-70% orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with a few spots of scattered pitting. Pierre Renaud Collection 4-55661 JR257 (4,000-6,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005
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