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Lot 736S1

A customised .22 (Short) 'Model 1885 Low Wall' falling-block rifle by Winchester, no. 137403A (dated 1919)

29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,500 inc. premium

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A customised .22 (Short) 'Model 1885 Low Wall' falling-block rifle by Winchester, no. 137403A (dated 1919)

The receiver retaining full re-blued finish, later engraved with bold foliate-scrollwork on a stippled background with gold inlaid borders, the right side with a vignette of rabbits in farmland, the left side with a vignette of squirrels in a tree signed Engr. L-Sherman in front of the lever, engraved en suite, the top tang drilled and tapped for a sight and stamped Trade Mark -Winchester- Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. & FGN, the chequered highly-figured replacement stock with pistolgrip, wood pistolgrip-cap, carved depicting oak leaves and acorns, cheek-piece, shotgun-butt with partial shotgun butt-plate, the highly-figured chequered replacement forend carved en suite with wooden cap and mount for sling eye, the re-blued round barrel stamped Manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. New Haven. Conn. U.S.S. Patented October 7. 1879., with gold inlaid barrel bands and bold foliate-scrollwork engraving at muzzle and breech ends, with ramp-mounted fixed blade foresight
27¾in. barrel, recent Birmingham nitro proof (discreet marks)

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