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A .44-40 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 297929B (dated 1889) image 1
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Lot 774S1

A .44-40 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 297929B (dated 1889)

29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

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A .44-40 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 297929B (dated 1889)

Customised, the 'Third Model' receiver with dust-cover and integral rail, profusely engraved with bold foliate-scrollwork on a stippled background, the barrel near action engraved en suite, the figured stock carved with chequering and bold foliate-scrollwork on a stippled background with steel butt-plate and trap (with four-piece cleaning rod), the fore-stock carved with chequering and bold foliate-scrollwork on a stippled background with forend cap engraved en suite, the octagonal barrel engraved Winchester's Repeating Arms. New Haven. Conn. U.S.A. -King's Improvement Patented March 29.1866.October 16.1860- with full-length magazine-tube, nickel fixed-blade foresight and buckhorn rear-sight with adjustable centre insert
24¼in. barrel, recent Birmingham nitro proof (discreet marks)

Footnotes

Provenance
Winchester Repeating Firearms Factory Letter:
Rifle, 44 caliber, octagon barrel, plain trigger, received in the warehouse May 17 1889, and shipped from the warehouse May 18 1889, order number 21868

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