GUN FALL 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/4/2016
RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE CASE COLORED WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. WINCHESTER 1886 108133 45-70 IVORY Cal. 45-70. Wonderful deluxe '86 with 26" oct to rnd bbl, full magazine, Lyman ivory bead hooded combination front sight, flat top rear sight and Lyman large disc tang sight with adjustable diopter. Mounted with very highly figured 2X American walnut with "H" style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip buttstock with deep fluted cheekpiece and Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with the assembly number "1029" and "XX". The matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters, one dated 1989 and the other 2006, both of which identify this rifle in cal. 45-70 with half oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered pistol grip stock, "dark stock", special sights, rubber butt and cheekpiece, received in warehouse Feb. 28, 1896 and shipped same day. This is a beautiful deluxe '86 with an especially rare deluxe wood cheekpiece. PROVENANCE: Ex-Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Bbl and magazine tube retain about 99% crisp orig factory blue with only faint sharp edge wear; receiver retains about 95-96% strong orig case colors, bright on sides, lightly to moderately faded over the top and lightly cleaned down the center of the belly; hammer retains strong case colors, moderately faded on top edge; lever retains bright case colors on sides and in sheltered areas, moderately to heavily faded on out face; wood is sound with a few, very minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its fine varnish finish. Sights are crisp, retaining virtually all of their orig finish, though "certifiable antique ivory" Lyman combination bead sight has been reset in it's dovetail slot with minor tool marks and small loss to finish to bbl at slot. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, has seen very little use. 50412-3 JR416 (25,000-50,000)