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A deluxe .32 (W.C.F.) 'Model 1873' lever action-rifle by Winchester, no. 236793 (dated 1887) image 1
A deluxe .32 (W.C.F.) 'Model 1873' lever action-rifle by Winchester, no. 236793 (dated 1887) image 2
A deluxe .32 (W.C.F.) 'Model 1873' lever action-rifle by Winchester, no. 236793 (dated 1887) image 3
A deluxe .32 (W.C.F.) 'Model 1873' lever action-rifle by Winchester, no. 236793 (dated 1887) image 4
Lot 773S1

A deluxe .32 (W.C.F.) 'Model 1873' lever action-rifle by Winchester, no. 236793 (dated 1887)

29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

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A deluxe .32 (W.C.F.) 'Model 1873' lever action-rifle by Winchester, no. 236793 (dated 1887)

Customised and restored, the 'Third Model' receiver with dust-cover and integral rail, with later bold foliate scrollwork on a stippled ground, the elevator engraved ".32 Cal" with cross on stippled ground, much renewed hardening-colour, the top tang mounted with rare 62-B folding peep-sight, the highly-figured and chequered stock with pistolgrip, with ebony insert and brass Swiss-butt, left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number "230", "XX" and "32 SB", matching assembly number is found in the top tang channel of buttstock, rear of butt-plate also has matching assembly number, the octagonal barrel engraved Winchesters Repeating Arms Newhaven Conn. U.S.A. -King's Improvement Patented March 29 1866. October 16 1860- with full-length magazine tube, with Beach's combination foresight and semi-buckhorn rear sight with adjustable centre insert
24¼in. barrel, recent Birmingham nitro proof (minimal marks)

Footnotes

Provenance
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, 6 & 7 October 2008, lot 2154
Winchester Repeating Firearms Factory Letter:
Rifle, 32 caliber, octagon barrel, plain trigger, checkered stock, pistol grip, Swiss butt, casehardened, received in the warehouse May 28, 1887 and shipped from the warehouse May 28 1887, order number 18470

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