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EXTREMELY RARE DELUXE ENGRAVED GOLD & NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 37955.
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EXTREMELY RARE DELUXE ENGRAVED GOLD & NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 37955. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Beautiful deluxe carbine with 20" bbl, full magazine, integral front sight/bbl band with 1866 style forearm band. Rear sight is 1866 style, 2-leaf, graduated 100-300-500 yards. Receiver, bbl bands & buttplate are gold plated while the bbl, magazine tube, lever & hammer are nickel plated. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with early style checkered forearm & straight stock with carbine buttplate with trap containing a 3-pc, nickeled, brass & steel cleaning rod. Bottom of stock is mounted with a gold-plated sling loop with corresponding sling loop in the forearm band. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number "306" and "XXX". Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver is beautifully engraved by John Ulrich and signed on bottom tang. Left sideplate is engraved with the No. 1 vignette of a bugling bull elk in a forest scene surrounded by wonderful foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. Left front flat is engraved with intertwined foliate arabesque patterns and has a scalloped border at the top. Left rear of the receiver has a staple & ring and is engraved in matching patterns. Right sideplate is engraved in a custom pattern of a leaping bull elk surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns. Front & rear flats are matching engraved to the left side. Top & bottom of receiver, dust cover, top tang & buttplate tang are lightly engraved. Top of receiver has the screwed on dust cover rail. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this firearm as a carbine with checkered stock, engraved $5.00 and gold & nickel finish, received in warehouse Oct. 1, 1879 and shipped next day to Order #17132. Also accompanied by an enlarged copy of the shipping record for this carbine. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain most of their orig nickel finish turned a little milky; front band retains traces of gold in sheltered areas showing wear on the high points, mostly on left side; forearm band retains 60-70% gold finish; receiver retains 60-70% strong gold finish showing wear on bottom and top along with wear on the front edges; lever & hammer retain most of their orig nickel finish; buttplate retains about 60% gold finish; wood is sound with nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig oil finish; checkering shows light to moderate diamond point wear; stock sling loop retains most of its orig gold finish; screws retain most of their orig nickel finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with some very fine roughness toward the muzzle; cleaning rod retains most of its orig nickel. 4-44583
Starting Price: $12,500
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EXTREMELY RARE DELUXE ENGRAVED GOLD & NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 37955. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Beautiful deluxe carbine with 20" bbl, full magazine, integral front sight/bbl band with 1866 style forearm band. Rear sight is 1866 style, 2-leaf, graduated 100-300-500 yards. Receiver, bbl bands & buttplate are gold plated while the bbl, magazine tube, lever & hammer are nickel plated. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with early style checkered forearm & straight stock with carbine buttplate with trap containing a 3-pc, nickeled, brass & steel cleaning rod. Bottom of stock is mounted with a gold-plated sling loop with corresponding sling loop in the forearm band. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number "306" and "XXX". Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver is beautifully engraved by John Ulrich and signed on bottom tang. Left sideplate is engraved with the No. 1 vignette of a bugling bull elk in a forest scene surrounded by wonderful foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. Left front flat is engraved with intertwined foliate arabesque patterns and has a scalloped border at the top. Left rear of the receiver has a staple & ring and is engraved in matching patterns. Right sideplate is engraved in a custom pattern of a leaping bull elk surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns. Front & rear flats are matching engraved to the left side. Top & bottom of receiver, dust cover, top tang & buttplate tang are lightly engraved. Top of receiver has the screwed on dust cover rail. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this firearm as a carbine with checkered stock, engraved $5.00 and gold & nickel finish, received in warehouse Oct. 1, 1879 and shipped next day to Order #17132. Also accompanied by an enlarged copy of the shipping record for this carbine. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain most of their orig nickel finish turned a little milky; front band retains traces of gold in sheltered areas showing wear on the high points, mostly on left side; forearm band retains 60-70% gold finish; receiver retains 60-70% strong gold finish showing wear on bottom and top along with wear on the front edges; lever & hammer retain most of their orig nickel finish; buttplate retains about 60% gold finish; wood is sound with nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig oil finish; checkering shows light to moderate diamond point wear; stock sling loop retains most of its orig gold finish; screws retain most of their orig nickel finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with some very fine roughness toward the muzzle; cleaning rod retains most of its orig nickel. 4-44583
Starting Price: $12,500
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