September 20th 2015 Premier Firearms Sale
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/19/2015
.38-56 WCF with a 26" barrel. Manufactured in 1889. Offered is a standard Winchester Model 1886 lever action rifle. Features full octagon barrel, full magazine, blued finish with case colored frame, plain walnut stock with rifle butt and standard Winchester sporting sights. The barrel is basically a soft brown and gun metal grey patina. The tube is a grey-brown patina. Forend cap is a nice mix of blue and brown. Case colors on frame have turned light brown patina mixed with gun metal grey. Walnut stocks are excellent with no cracks, all original, never refinished with a small sliver off right wrist at frame. Has a very good bore and perfect action. the previous owner (E.F. McIntire - Buckfield ME.) is stamped on left side of frame. We found Ernest F. McIntire in the records of Buckfield, Maine. He was born in 1892. Further research with the Buckfield Historical Society should produce more information as to the facts surrounding his life.