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RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 BIG 50 SADDLE RING CARBINE.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:2,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 BIG 50 SADDLE RING CARBINE.
SN 115286. Cal. 50 Ex. (50-110). Standard carbine with 22" rnd bbl, full magazine, square base front sight and 3-leaf platinum line carbine express rear sight. Bbl has standard markings with "50 EX" over the chamber. Left side of receiver has a stud & ring. Mounted with nicely figured, slab-sawed American walnut with straight stock & carbine buttplate. Bbl band & buttstock have factory sling swivels. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this carbine in caliber 50-110, received in warehouse Aug. 2, 1898 and shipped Sept. 28, 1898 to Order #379, no mention of the sling swivels. 1886 rifles in 50 caliber are scarce and carbines are even more scarce with few having been produced over the entire production run. Consignor reports that this carbine is a great shooter. PROVENANCE: Barnes Family Collection. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl & magazine tube retain a thin artificially aged brown patina with some minor wear spots; receiver, lever & hammer retain smoky case colors in the most sheltered areas being mostly bright metal. Forearm has a crack in the tip and the stock is missing a chip by the top tang, otherwise wood is sound with nicks, dings & scratches and retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine, strong sharp bore with good shine & scattered pitting. 4-47649 JR254