
Lot 740S1
A customised .32 (W.C.F.) 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 301048B (dated 1889)
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,000 inc. premium
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A customised .32 (W.C.F.) 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 301048B (dated 1889)
The 'Third Model' receiver with integral dust cover retaining virtually-full renewed hardening-colour, later engraved profusely with bold foliate-scrollwork on a stippled background with inlaid gold scrollwork borders, both side-plates with a vignette of a Californian grizzly bear in natural surroundings, the bears picked out in gold, the underside of the action signed with L. F. Sherman on a ribbon engraved in front of the lever, the hammer and lever engraved en suite, the top tang drilled and tapped for a sight, the highly-figured chequered replacement stock with crescent butt-plate engraved en suite, the chequered replacement forend with cap engraved en suite, the re-blued octagonal barrel engraved Winchester's-Repeating Arms. New Haven. Conn, U.S.A. -King's Improvement Patented March 29.1866.October 16.1860.- with gold inlaid barrel bands and bold foliate-scrollwork at muzzle and breech ends, with full-length magazine-tube, the retaining band engraved en suite, nickel fixed-blade foresight and buckhorn rear-sight with adjustable centre insert engraved en suite
24⅜in. barrel, recent Birmingham nitro proof (discreet marks)
24⅜in. barrel, recent Birmingham nitro proof (discreet marks)
Footnotes
Provenance
Cody Firearms Records Office:
Serial number applied on June 08, 1889, rifle, .32 calibre, octagon barrel, plain trigger, received in warehouse on June 18, 1889, shipped from warehouse on July 18, 1889, Order number 24088