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FINE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:3,750.00 USD Estimated At:7,500.00 - 12,500.00 USD
FINE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.
SN 114848. Cal. 45-90. Standard grade rifle with 26" rnd bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight with screw and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle, as found, received in warehouse June 15, 1905 and shipped Aug. 7, 1905 to Order #19880. Although the letter indicates that this rifle was shipped in 1905, the serial number records show the receiver was actually manufactured in 1898. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Overall retains about 99% crisp orig blue with strong, bright case colors on the lever & hammer, lightly faded on buttplate; receiver has a few scattered very light scratches in the finish and some very minor flaking on the bottom. Wood is sound with minor handling & storage nicks & scratches, a bruise on the forearm and overall retains virtually all of its orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, appears to be unfired. 4-44508 JR33