GUN SPRING 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/14/2016
WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. WINCHESTER 1873 703582B 44 WCF (44-40) MODERN Cal, 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4" oct bbl, full magazine, standard front sight with screw & semi-buckhorn rear sight. Bbl markings are the last style about mid-point on left top flat and Cal. marking on the same flat over the chamber area. Receiver is 3rd Type with integral dust cover rail & 3rd Type dust cover. Carrier is marked "44 CAL". Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum which identifies this rifle in 44 Cal. with oct bbl. Received in packing room May 6, 1916 and shipped Feb 27, 1917, ticket number 807767 to S. B. Hubbard, Co., Jacksonville, FL. Also accompanied by a copy of the packing room ticket as noted. Florida, at the time of this shipment, was still very sparsely populated and hunting was a way of life. The climate was often salt atmosphere and with high humidity which usually is very detrimental to firearms. That this rifle survived under those circumstances attests to the care to which it was afforded. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 99% crisp orig blue. The receiver & sideplates retain about 50-60% crisp org blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn, to a medium patina, showing only faint sharp edge wear. Lever & hammer retain bright case colors, and the buttplate about 20% flaked blue. Wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant shiny bore appears to be un-fired. 50153-4 JR217 (7,500-12,500)