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A fine and rare factory inscribed Winchester Model 1886 lever action rifleArapahoe County
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Find your local specialistA fine and rare factory inscribed Winchester Model 1886 lever action rifle
Arapahoe County
Arapahoe County
Condition: Excellent. Barrel and tube retain 98% dark blue finish showing some muzzle wear, a few scattered marks and some minor pinpoint spotting. Action retains 85% plus vivid casehardening colors with some flaking to left side, slight fading on underside and some light spotting on upper tang. Hammer and lever retain most vivid casehardening. Buttplate with slight traces of very faded finish. Excellent wood showing scattered light marks.
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Note: One of 50 Model 1886 rifles inscribed Arapahoe County and ordered in 1894 by Arapahoe County Sheriff William K. Burchinell during the City Hall War of 1894. In late 1893 Governor Davis Waite had come into conflict with his appointees to the Denver police and fire boards. In March of 1894, after the governor threatened to fire the board members, most of the Denver city government and the entire Denver police force and Arapahoe County Sheriffs Department barricaded themselves in City Hall and prepared for battle. The governor called out the state militia to storm City Hall but on March 25th the state court ruled that the governor had the legal right to remove the board members but not to call out the militia. Sheriff Burchinell was afraid there might be another confrontation and he ordered the rifles from Winchester at that time. They were shipped from the factory on July 14, 1894.
Source: www.co.arapahoe.co.us.com




