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VERY RARE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 DELUXE "BIG 50" LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 78640. Cal.
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VERY RARE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 DELUXE "BIG 50" LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 78640. Cal. 50 Ex. (50-110). Beautiful & rare deluxe `86 with 26" extra heavy, matted, oct bbl, ivory bead combination front sight, no provision for a rear seat and a locking Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with extremely beautiful, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with "H" style checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with serpentine grip cap that has a black triangle inlay and Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number "7138" and "XXX". Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 50-110 with extra heavy matted oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, Lyman sights, shotgun butt and no rear seat, received in warehouse April 11, 1893 and shipped same day to Order #16094. This rifle is rare & special in many ways, for its caliber, bbl configuration and the fact that it is color case hardened. By the time the 50 caliber cartridge was available in the 1886 models, the standard was blue frame therefore color case hardened frames were special order. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching. Bbl retains 95-96% strong orig factory blue with only sharp edge wear and a couple of small scratches; magazine tube retains about 98% orig blue; receiver retains about all of its orig case colors, strong & bright on left side, somewhat faded on right side and over the top; bottom of receiver is also faded but still shows the 2nd shellac line on edges of bottom; hammer retains strong bright colors on sides and rear edge with top edge dark; lever retains bright colors on sides turned silver on outer faces; forend cap retains smoky case colors; there are some chips around top tang with some apparent minor shrinkage, otherwise wood is sound with a few, very minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of a very professional restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-44460
Starting Price: $25,000
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VERY RARE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 DELUXE "BIG 50" LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 78640. Cal. 50 Ex. (50-110). Beautiful & rare deluxe `86 with 26" extra heavy, matted, oct bbl, ivory bead combination front sight, no provision for a rear seat and a locking Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with extremely beautiful, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with "H" style checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with serpentine grip cap that has a black triangle inlay and Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number "7138" and "XXX". Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 50-110 with extra heavy matted oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, Lyman sights, shotgun butt and no rear seat, received in warehouse April 11, 1893 and shipped same day to Order #16094. This rifle is rare & special in many ways, for its caliber, bbl configuration and the fact that it is color case hardened. By the time the 50 caliber cartridge was available in the 1886 models, the standard was blue frame therefore color case hardened frames were special order. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching. Bbl retains 95-96% strong orig factory blue with only sharp edge wear and a couple of small scratches; magazine tube retains about 98% orig blue; receiver retains about all of its orig case colors, strong & bright on left side, somewhat faded on right side and over the top; bottom of receiver is also faded but still shows the 2nd shellac line on edges of bottom; hammer retains strong bright colors on sides and rear edge with top edge dark; lever retains bright colors on sides turned silver on outer faces; forend cap retains smoky case colors; there are some chips around top tang with some apparent minor shrinkage, otherwise wood is sound with a few, very minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of a very professional restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-44460
Starting Price: $25,000
Two Day March Firearms Auction
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Fairfield
Maine
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United States
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