GUN SPRING 2017
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/11/2017
WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 SADDLE RING CARBINE.WINCHESTER1866 SRL75242844Cal 44 CF. Standard carbine with 20" rnd bbl, full magazine, integral front band/front sight and 2 position flip rear sight. Left side of receiver has a staple and ring. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock and steel carbine buttplate with trap. Top tang channel of buttstock has the last 4 digits of a SN "1112". Left side of buttstock has hand carved initials "VL" and right side "V". SN on the bottom tang is fictitious as there were only about 170,000 Model 1866 rifles & carbines produced during the period 1866 through the end of production. The Model 1866 is frequently referred to as "the gun that won the west" and although this carbine was apparently produced well after the advent of center fire cartridges it undoubtedly saw hard frontier service in the American west and probably later on in Mexico or South America. It shows this hard service. CONDITION: Fair to good. No orig finish remains being an overall dark blue/brown patina with light pitting on the bbl & magazine tube toward the muzzle end. Receiver shows heavy wear with rounded edges and numerous light nicks, dings & scratches. Forearm is missing a chip at the front tip and has a crack by the left bbl channel and stock has a short crack back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound, showing moderate to heavy wear and overall retains a dark hand worn patina. Bottom tang is missing the lever latch and the loading gate screw is replaced by a pin. Mechanics are fine. Strong dark bore with moderate to heavy pitting. 51165-1 JRL (2,500-3,500)