October 22-23, 2019 Extraordinary, Sporting & Collector Firearms
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/23/2019
Manufactured December 12th, 1893. Caliber .50-110 Express. 26" round barrel and full magazine. Rocky Mountain front sight. V notch sporting rear sight with serrated sides and retaining screw. Case colored receiver, lever, hammer, buttplate and nose cap. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with straight grip and crescent buttplate. Cody Firearm Museum records indicate shipped in 1894 as round barrel .50-110 rifle. These big bore Winchester Model 1886 rifles saw a tremendous amount of hard use and most ended up in India or Africa. Finding stellar examples such as this is a rare occurrence. CONDITION: Very fine. Barrel and magazine tube retain 97-99% original bluing with just a few light storage marks and blemishes. Receiver case coloring is 97-98% brilliant with most of the lacquer still covering. A very slight amount of thinning at balance point. Lever and hammer retain most of their bright case colors. Forend cap retains nearly all of its bright case colors. Buttplate retains most of its fading case colors. Wood is sound with one hairline crack at left side near receiver of about 1". There are numerous light bumps and bruises from storage and poor handling but an extremely fine example of an 86 .50 Express standard rifle. Mechanics are crisp, bore is bright. This outstanding .50 caliber 1886 would be nearly impossible to improve upon. With factory letter. TDW
Caliber/Bore
.50-110 Express