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FINE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:15,000.00 USD Estimated At:30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD
FINE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.
SN 83500. Cal. 45-90. Extraordinary high condition Deluxe '86 with 26" oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with very highly figured shell grain American walnut with "H" style checkered forearm and pistol grips stock with serpentine grip cap and black triangle inlay and has a crescent steel buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 45-90 with oct bbl, plain trigger and checkered stock with pistol grip. Letter shows that it was received in warehouse on Sept. 15, 1893 and shipped Sept. 14, 1893 (yes, it is in the record like this) to Order #24140. Also accompanied by a copy of the shipping record of this rifle. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine, all matching, probably unfired. Overall retains about 99% crisp orig factory finish with strong blue on bbl and magazine tube, having only faint sharp edge wear; receiver, lever, hammer, forend cap & buttplate retain virtually all of their orig factory case colors, brilliant on receiver & hammer, a little dark on lever, brilliant on forend cap & buttplate; wood is sound with some crazing in the varnish and a very few, very minor nicks & scratches in the finish with a series of small scratches on the bottom of the grip, probably from a gun rack and overall retains about all of its strong piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired; bolt face retains virtually all of its orig factory finish as does the loading gate & hammer face. 4-44470