GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
BEAUTIFUL SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH FACTORY LETTER.WINCHESTER18761345745-60Cal. .45-60. Standard grade rifle with 28" rnd bbl, special order button mag, half nickel front sight and 1876 marked sporting leaf ladder rear sight. Bbl has usual 2-line Winchester & King's address with caliber marking over the chamber area. Receiver is 2nd type with attached dust cover rail and 3rd type dust cover. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & smooth steel shotgun buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number "35" and "S". Top tang channel of buttstock has matching assembly number which is also found inside toe of buttplate. Buttstock does not have the cleaning rod recess under the buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this firearm as a rifle in caliber 45-60 with rnd bbl, plain trigger, 1/2 mag and shotgun butt, received in the warehouse January 18, 1881 and shipped 3 days later to order number 23811 1/2. Firearms of this era were an everyday working tool and usually saw extensive hard service under very adverse conditions often with little maintenance and are rarely found today in orig configuration or high orig finish. PROVENANCE: The collection of Tim Zissler. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl retains about 98% crisp orig blue with a couple of tiny nicks and 3 or 4 small scratches. Receiver retains about 95% glossy orig blue with some light candy striping on both sides, a few scratches on right side plate and a series of light surface mars on left side plate. Lever & hammer retain strong case colors, turned dark on top edge of hammer and moderately faded on outer faces of lever. Buttplate retains 60-70% thin orig blue. Wood is sound with 3 or 4 small bruises on the buttstock and overall retains a lightly waxed finish. Mechanics are crisp. Very bright shiny bore. 52463-8 JRL (10,000-15,000)