June 25-28, 2018 Firearms
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/25/2018
Standard grade carbine with round barrel, full magazine, square base front sight and 2000 yard carbine ladder rear sight. Left side of color case hardened receiver has a stud and ring. Ring is wrapped in cloth. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock and carbine/musket buttplate without trap. Model ’86 carbines were quite popular throughout the American west, not only for their handy size, but also for their powerful cartridge. The vast majority of surviving ’86 carbines show extreme hard use and usually retain little or no original finish. Very fine. Barrel and magazine tube retain 70-80% strong original blue, slightly dulled over the forend area. A small 936 LLG has been stamped on the left side of barrel inbetween the magazine and barrel just forward of the forearm barrel bands retain most of their original blue with only light high point wear. Receiver retains vivid case colors on the sides, lightly to moderately faded on the belly and lightly faded over the top. Lever, hammer and buttplate retain most of their original case colors, turned dark on outer faces of lever and lightly faded on buttplate. Wood is sound with light handling and use, nicks and scratches and overall retains about all of its original oil finish, slightly dulled around the wrist and carry point of the forearm. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. From the Jim Linton Collection. CORRECTION: Factory research states Model 1886 serial No. 48857 shipped on November 5th, 1890 as a .40-82 caliber carbine.