SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 40-82. SN 6751. Standard grade rifle with 26” oct bbl, button magazine, ivory bead front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and a Lyman tang sight. It has nicely figured uncheckered wood with straight stock and crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle and indicating shipment on July 28, 1887. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains 97-98% strong bright original blue. Receiver retains about 70% brilliant case colors with the balance faded to silver, primarily on the bottom. Forend cap retains virtually all of its brilliant case colors and the buttplate, traces of colors with the balance silver. Lever retains about 70% case colors, brilliant on the sides and the hammer about 98% brilliant colors. Wood is sound with usual minor handling and use marks with a couple of larger scratches on the left side of the buttstock and retains virtually all of its original factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-52471 JR256 (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
	531	$19,550.00	SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 40-82. SN 6751. Standard grade rifle with 26” oct bbl, button magazine, ivory bead front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and a Lyman tang sight. It has nicely figured uncheckered wood with straight stock and crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle and indicating shipment on July 28, 1887. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains 97-98% strong bright original blue. Receiver retains about 70% brilliant case colors with the balance faded to silver, primarily on the bottom. Forend cap retains virtually all of its brilliant case colors and the buttplate, traces of colors with the balance silver. Lever retains about 70% case colors, brilliant on the sides and the hammer about 98% brilliant colors. Wood is sound with usual minor handling and use marks with a couple of larger scratches on the left side of the buttstock and retains virtually all of its original factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-52471 JR256 (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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