GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. WINCHESTER 1873 541889B 44 WCF (44-40) MODERN; C&R Cal. 44 WCF. Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4" rnd bbl, full mag, half nickel front sight with screw and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver is 3rd type with integral dust cover rail and 3rd type dust cover. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut, including straight stock and crescent buttplate with trap that contains an orig 4-pc all steel cleaning rod. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum record office information request which identifies this rifle in cal 44 with rnd bbl and plain trigger, received in the warehouse January 27, 1900 and shipped same day to order #51399. This rifle was produced at a time when most business was still being conducted from the back of a horse, buggy, or wagon and the daily use of a firearm was a way of life. Firearms of that era are rarely found today with high orig finish. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl and mag tube retain 97-98% strong orig blue with one light handprint on right side just above forearm and some light freckles around the muzzle end. Receiver and sideplates retain 93-94% strong orig blue, thinning on right sideplate with sharp edge wear and some freckling on right rear. Lever and hammer retain about all of their orig case colors, dark on the hammer and sides of the lever with outer faces of lever turning silver. Buttplate retains about all of its orig case colors, moderately faded. Wood is sound with a couple of small scratches and a tiny ding in the forearm and overall retains virtually all of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant shiny bore, shows very little use. Cleaning rod is fine. 49622-2 JRL (7,500-12,500)