





Lot 779S1
A fine and rare deluxe Ulrich-engraved .32 (W.C.F.) 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 210561 (dated 1886)
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £18,750 inc. premium
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A fine and rare deluxe Ulrich-engraved .32 (W.C.F.) 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 210561 (dated 1886)
The 'Third Model' receiver with dust-cover and integral rail, the right side-plate engraved with a dog's head, the left side-plate with a bull elk in natural surroundings, both with bold foliate-scrollwork on a stippled background, with much hardening colour, the top tang with later folding peep sight, highly-figured XX stock with chequered pistolgrip with early-style ebony inlay and shotgun butt with steel butt-plate, the chequered forend with steel cap engraved en suite, left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number "632", "XX", and "3". Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock along with a "3". Inside toe of buttplate also has matching assembly number. The half-octagon barrel engraved Winchester's-Repeating-Arms. New Haven. CT. King's-Improvement-Patented-March 29.1866.October 16.1860. with button-magazine, Rocky Mountain-style nickel silver blade foresight, semi-buckhorn rear-sight with adjustable centre insert
26in. barrel, recent Birmingham nitro proof (discreet marks)
26in. barrel, recent Birmingham nitro proof (discreet marks)
Footnotes
Provenance
Wes Adams Estate Collection
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, 12 & 13 March 2012, lot 2058
Winchester Repeating Firearms Factory Letter:
Rifle, 32 caliber, 26 inch, 1/2 octagon barrel, plain trigger, checkered stock, pistol grip, Lyman & Beach sights, shotgun butt, casehardened, engraved, etc., received in the warehouse June 17 1886 and shipped from the warehouse June 18 1886