GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
RARE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 BIG 50 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. WINCHESTER 1886 109314 50 EXPRESS Cal. 50 EX (50-110). Fine deluxe '86 Big Bore with 26" oct bbl, button magazine, half nickel front sight with screw & semi-buckhorn rear sight. Top flat of bbl has the later type 2-line Winchester address with "50 EX." caliber marking over the chamber area. Receiver, lever, hammer & forend cap are professionally restored case colors. Mounted with very highly figured 2-3X, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock that has smooth steel shotgun buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly no. "1049", "XX" & an "S", with matching assembly no. in top tang channel of buttstock & inside toe of buttplate. Bottom of buttstock & forend cap are mounted with factory sling eyes. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum Records Office worksheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 50-110 with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered pistol grip stock with shotgun butt, oil finish, half magazine, received in warehouse May 9 1896 and shipped same day to order #16287.This rifle was produced in 1896 and was likely a prized hunting rifle. The 50 Express cartridge was certainly capable of taking any North American big game including the major bears of Alaska and the Arctic. They were very popular in the North woods, the Rocky Mountain region, Canada & Alaska and usually saw very hard service. PROVENANCE: Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Research document confirming the rifle's configuration and being shipped on May 9, 1896 on order #16287. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Overall retains about 95% crisp finish with bright Winchester blue & case colors, except for the buttplate which is cleaned gray metal patina. Wood retains virtually all of its fine oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore. 52665-4 JRL (20,000-25,000)