GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
FINE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.Winchester18861216338-56Cal. 38-56. Early Standard Grade rifle with 26" oct bbl, full magazine, altered half-nickel front sight and semi buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal. 38-56 with oct bbl and plain trigger, received in warehouse January 10, 1888 and shipped the next day. Standard grade rifles, such as found here, were the every-day working tool of the ordinary man on the American frontier and generally saw very hard service under harsh circumstances on horse, wagon, or buggy, often with little or no maintenance and are rarely found today with high orig finish. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl and magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue. Receiver retains virtually all of its orig case colors, brilliant on sides and top, moderately thinning toward bottom front, brilliant toward lever. Hammer retains all of its brilliant case colors as does top & bottom tangs. Lever retains virtually all of its orig case colors, bright on sides slightly faded on outer faces and turning dark on loop. Buttplate retains most of its orig case colors, strong on tang and faded on face. Forend cap retains virtually all of its bright orig case colors. Wood is sound with a few very minor handling & storage nicks & scratches & retains virtually all of its orig bright factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant shiny bore. Appears to be new and unfired. 49608-1 JR (7,500-12,500)