RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 50 Express (50-95). SN 29756. Rare special order deluxe rifle with 26” oct to rnd bbl, button magazine, ivory bead front sight, short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges and a Lyman tang sight. It has checkered highly figured, about 4X, American walnut wood with fleur-de-lis black insert pistol grip stock and smooth steel shotgun buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter and yellow sheet identifying this rifle and indicating shipment on November 8, 1882, returned and repaired May 7, 1907. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl retains 25-30% blue in sheltered areas with the balance a mottled silver/brown patina. Receiver retains traces of original case colors in the very sheltered areas with the sideplates mostly silvered case colors and the receiver mottled silver/gray patina. Wood is sound, showing moderate to heavy wear with numerous small nicks and scratches and retains about 85% original piano varnish finish. Buttplate is moderate to heavily pitted. Dust cover retains about 75% plum blue patina and occasionally will not open with the bolt; otherwise mechanics are fine with a bright shiny bore having some scattered orange peel pitting. 4-52542 JR287 (10,000-20,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2004

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
	465	$18,400.00	RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 50 Express (50-95). SN 29756. Rare special order deluxe rifle with 26” oct to rnd bbl, button magazine, ivory bead front sight, short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges and a Lyman tang sight. It has checkered highly figured, about 4X, American walnut wood with fleur-de-lis black insert pistol grip stock and smooth steel shotgun buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter and yellow sheet identifying this rifle and indicating shipment on November 8, 1882, returned and repaired May 7, 1907. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl retains 25-30% blue in sheltered areas with the balance a mottled silver/brown patina. Receiver retains traces of original case colors in the very sheltered areas with the sideplates mostly silvered case colors and the receiver mottled silver/gray patina. Wood is sound, showing moderate to heavy wear with numerous small nicks and scratches and retains about 85% original piano varnish finish. Buttplate is moderate to heavily pitted. Dust cover retains about 75% plum blue patina and occasionally will not open with the bolt; otherwise mechanics are fine with a bright shiny bore having some scattered orange peel pitting. 4-52542 JR287 (10,000-20,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2004 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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