GUN SPRING 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
LATE WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. WINCHESTER 1892 854697 44 WCF MODERN; C&R Cal 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4" oct bbl, full magazine, Lyman sporting front sight and flat top rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, very nicely figured, slab sawed American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. This rifle was produced about 1918 when hunting was still a way of life. This rifle very likely would have been intended for someones hunting rifle or possibly owned by a law enforcement officer. Very few standard grade '92 rifles are ever encountered with high orig finish. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 99% crisp orig blue. Receiver retains about 98% crisp orig blue with some minor flaking and a scratch in the left side. Lever, hammer & buttplate also retain about 99% crisp orig blue with some minor spotting on the buttplate tang & heel. Forend cap retains about 93-95% crisp orig blue with the losses from flaking. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, shows no evidence of ever having been fired. 51460-6 JRL (5,000-7,000)