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SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER DELUXE MODEL 1886 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 89175. Cal. 45-70.
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SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER DELUXE MODEL 1886 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 89175. Cal. 45-70. Rare special order deluxe `86 with 26" oct bbl, full magazine, combination front sight, slot blank in rear seat and a Lyman 21 combination receiver sight. Lower tang has sgl set trigger and left side of lower tang is marked with assembly number "260", "XX" and "S". Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Buttplate has the extremely rare feature for an 1886 of a sliding trapdoor which contains an orig 4-pc brass & iron cleaning rod. Mounted with highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkering and serpentine grip buttstock with black insert and the aforementioned crescent buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle as takedown, caliber 45-70, oct bbl, set trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip and "rod in butt", received in warehouse June 13, 1894 and shipped June 17, 1894 to Order #14039. There is no mention of the Lyman 21 sight. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% crisp orig blue with very light sharp edge wear and a small scrape on top flat below the rear seat; forend cap retains 96-97% strong orig blue; receiver & takedown ring retain about 90% orig blue with some light candy striping, sharp edge wear and thinning over the bottom; lever & hammer retain strong case colors on sides, turned silver on outer faces of lever; buttplate retains silvered case colors. Wood is sound with a heavy scratch on right side of buttstock and a few other light nicks & scratches and retains 95-96% orig piano varnish finish; forearm is also sound with a few light scratches, showing wear at the carry point and retains about 88-90% glossy piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44450 JR23
Starting Price: $8,750
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SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER DELUXE MODEL 1886 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 89175. Cal. 45-70. Rare special order deluxe `86 with 26" oct bbl, full magazine, combination front sight, slot blank in rear seat and a Lyman 21 combination receiver sight. Lower tang has sgl set trigger and left side of lower tang is marked with assembly number "260", "XX" and "S". Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Buttplate has the extremely rare feature for an 1886 of a sliding trapdoor which contains an orig 4-pc brass & iron cleaning rod. Mounted with highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkering and serpentine grip buttstock with black insert and the aforementioned crescent buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle as takedown, caliber 45-70, oct bbl, set trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip and "rod in butt", received in warehouse June 13, 1894 and shipped June 17, 1894 to Order #14039. There is no mention of the Lyman 21 sight. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% crisp orig blue with very light sharp edge wear and a small scrape on top flat below the rear seat; forend cap retains 96-97% strong orig blue; receiver & takedown ring retain about 90% orig blue with some light candy striping, sharp edge wear and thinning over the bottom; lever & hammer retain strong case colors on sides, turned silver on outer faces of lever; buttplate retains silvered case colors. Wood is sound with a heavy scratch on right side of buttstock and a few other light nicks & scratches and retains 95-96% orig piano varnish finish; forearm is also sound with a few light scratches, showing wear at the carry point and retains about 88-90% glossy piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44450 JR23
Starting Price: $8,750
Two Day March Firearms Auction
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Fairfield
Maine
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