GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. WINCHESTER 1876 63035 45-75 Cal. 45-75. Beautiful special order '76 with 27-7/8" heavyweight oct bbl that measures 15/16" across the flats, full magazine, German silver Rocky Mountain front sight, no rear seat for a bbl sight & a "76" marked thin base Vernier tang sight with 3" staff. Receiver is 3rd type with integral dust cover rail & 3rd type dust cover. Receiver also has single-set trigger and is color case hardened. Top flat of bbl has the standard 2-line Winchester & King's patent markings with caliber marking over the chamber area. Carrier is caliber marked. Mounted with 2-3X uncheckered American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate that has a trap. Left side of lower tang is marked with the assembly no. "677" & "XXX". Matching assembly no. is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. This rifle is most unusual with its uncheckered deluxe wood, that was obviously special ordered. The heavyweight bbl is also a very unusual feature on the Model 1876. Given the 28" bbl and full magazine which when fully loaded would have been extremely heavy with the weight balanced toward the muzzle. A most unusual rifle. This rifle was produced in about 1888, well after the introduction of the more successful Model 1886 which chambered more powerful cartridges and was a departure from the toggle link system utilized in the 1876. By the time this rifle was produced the 1876 was near its end of production with only about another 835 arms produced over the next 10 years. CONDITION: Fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% strong blue, beginning to thin with purple overtones. Receiver & sideplates retain about 20-25% orig case colors, strong in the most sheltered areas, turning mottled silver elsewhere. Hammer retains strong case colors, turned silver on the spur. Lever retains strong case colors on the sides, turned to silver/gray on the outer faces. Buttplate & forend cap are gray patina. Stock has a chip in the top left edge at the wrist, otherwise wood is sound with the buttstock showing light nicks & scratches and retains about 95% orig piano varnish finish. Forearm retains about 75% orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. Shows very little use. 52665-3 JRL (15,000-25,000)