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*SCARCE LATE WINCHESTER EXTRA-LIGHT TAKEDOWN MODEL '86 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:3,500.00 USD Estimated At:7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD
*SCARCE LATE WINCHESTER EXTRA-LIGHT TAKEDOWN MODEL '86 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.
SN 157559. Cal. 45-70. Standard grade rifle with 22" extra-light tapered rnd bbl, half magazine with pedestal mounted ivory bead hunting front sight and flat top rear sight. Bbl has standard markings for nickel steel. Mounted with uncheckered, nicely figured, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and Winchester hard rubber buttplate. It is unusual to find these lightweight hunting rifles with high orig finish as they were tools used heavily in the Northeast & Rocky Mtn. West for North American big game. They were also very popular in Alaska & the Northwest territories for the same reasons and are rarely found today with high orig finish. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl, magazine tube & forend cap retain about 98% crisp orig blue with only a couple of minor nicks on the bbl; takedown ring is mostly flaked to a blue/brown patina; receiver retains about 93-95% showing sharp edge wear and some light losses from flaking on the right side & belly; left side is slightly thinned. Wood is sound and retains about all of a light professionally restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; shows very little use, if any at all. 4-48192 JR321