WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION MUSKET.

WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION MUSKET. Cal. 44-40. SN 370932. Standard musket with 30″ bbl, square base front sight/bayonet lug and 900-yard ladder rear sight. Wood is American walnut with full-length forearm & straight stock with musket buttplate with trap. Accompanied by an orig socket bayonet without scabbard. CONDITION: About good. No orig finish remains with the metal being a plumy/brown patina with scattered spots of very light pitting. Wood is sound, dark & oil stained, with what appears to be a name scratched on the right side of the buttstock and a series of deep bruises on the left side. Forestock is also worn & dinged with a couple of deep gouges and overall the wood retains a dark hand rubbed patina. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with some crud in the grooves that may clean. Bayonet has a smooth light brown patina with some light pitting on the inside of the blade. Roger & Gerald Wilde Collection 4-55411 JR31 (2,500-3,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

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
	4164	$1,610.00	WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION MUSKET. Cal. 44-40. SN 370932. Standard musket with 30″ bbl, square base front sight/bayonet lug and 900-yard ladder rear sight. Wood is American walnut with full-length forearm & straight stock with musket buttplate with trap. Accompanied by an orig socket bayonet without scabbard. CONDITION: About good. No orig finish remains with the metal being a plumy/brown patina with scattered spots of very light pitting. Wood is sound, dark & oil stained, with what appears to be a name scratched on the right side of the buttstock and a series of deep bruises on the left side. Forestock is also worn & dinged with a couple of deep gouges and overall the wood retains a dark hand rubbed patina. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with some crud in the grooves that may clean. Bayonet has a smooth light brown patina with some light pitting on the inside of the blade. Roger & Gerald Wilde Collection 4-55411 JR31 (2,500-3,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 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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