GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
SCARCE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 SADDLE RING CARBINE RESTORED BY TURNBULL RESTORATIONS. WINCHESTER 1886 SRC 63645 50 EXPRESS Cal 50 EX (50-110). Beautiful, deluxe '86 carbine with 22" bbl, full magazine, square base front sight and platinum line 3-leaf Express rear sight. Bbl has 2-line Winchester name & address with caliber marking over the chamber area. Top tang is marked "MODEL 1886". Receiver, lever, hammer & buttplate are beautifully color case hardened with fine Winchester style colors. Mounted with replacement, about 3X flame & shell grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and black insert, serpentine grip buttstock with carbine buttplate. Buttstock is without the cleaning rod recess under the buttplate as is normally found even on those buttstocks that have buttplates without trap. Stock & buttplate screws are also color case hardened. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly no. "427" & "XXX". Matching assembly no. is also found inside top tang channel of buttstock & inside toe of buttplate. Lower tang appears to have a welded repair through the SN area with a SN having been pantograph reapplied. Altogether a fine restored carbine. CONDITION: Fine, bbl retains about 99% custom Turnbull blue & the magazine tube 97-98% custom blue turning a little plum. Receiver retains most of its fine Winchester-style case colors, brilliant on the sides, faded on top & bottom edges. Lever & hammer retain most of their bright custom case colors, a little faded on the trigger loop. Top and bottom tang & buttplate retain brilliant case colors. Wood is sound with a series of small scratches on right side of buttstock, showing a little wear on the forearm at the receiver and some dulling on the wrist, otherwise retains virtually all of its fine custom finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 52404-5 JRL (7,000-8,000)