GUN FALL 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/5/2015
RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1879 CLASS C DAMASCUS DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. WINCHESTER 1879 1300 10 GA Cal. 10 ga. Rare Winchester shotgun with 32" Damascus bbls that have concave rib and single silver bead. Rib is marked with the Winchester Company name & address and "(Class C)". Receiver, lockplates & hammers are very nicely engraved with medium coverage fine English scrolls. Lockplates are also engraved "WINCHESTER / Class C". Fences are squared with scalloped recesses and a single raised rib. Trigger guard, top tang & buttplate tang are engraved to match with a small engraving pattern on breech end of rib. Mounted with nicely figured, straight grain European walnut with checkered splinter forearm and Prince of Wales rnd knob stock that has smooth steel buttplate. It is generally reported that there may have been as many as 10000 of these shotguns sold by Winchester 1879-1884. They were produced in 5 grades, 10 & 12 ga and 30 & 32" bbls. Winchester apparently contracted for these shotguns with a variety of English gunmakers. The Class C guns, represented here are the middle grade. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus (no disassembly was effected to check for matching numbers). Bbls retain 98-99% strong, orig brown Damascus pattern. Receiver, lockplates & hammers retain 96-98% bright, orig case colors, turned a little dark on hammers. Trigger guard & bottom tang retain traces of orig blue, being mostly a mottled brown patina. Wood is sound with a few minor handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its fine orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp. Bright shiny bores, appears to be unfired. 48568-9 JR (4,000-6,000)