GUN SPRING 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.WINCHESTER187340159932 WCFCal 32 WCF (32-20). Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4" rnd bbl, full magazine, 1/2 nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver is 3rd type with integral dust cover rail and 3rd type dust cover. It is small bore type with stepped top front edge. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight grip & crescent buttplate without trap. This rifle was produced about 1891 when the west was still wild and carrying a gun was a daily way of life. The 32-20 caliber firearms were reasonably popular with law enforcement officers & persons of small stature who wished to have a reasonably effective cartridge with mild recoil. Many of the individuals on the American Frontier at that time, on both sides of the law carried a Colt Single Action Army Revolver and a Winchester rifle in this caliber. These rifles generally saw very hard service under adverse conditions and are rarely found today with high orig finish. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains about 95% dulling orig blue with a few minor nicks & dings. Magazine tube retains about 70% strong orig blue with the balance a plummy patina. Receiver & side plates retain about 85% orig blue turned silver on the bottom front edges and thin over the top front edge at the carry point. Hammer retains very strong case colors and the lever traces of dark case colors showing silver on the outer faces. Buttplate is a silver gray patina. Wood is sound with a few minor nicks & dings in the forearm and overall retains about 80-85% orig finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 51460-4 JRL (3,000-5,000)