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An Ulrich engraved .44-40 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 127938A (dated 1883) image 1
An Ulrich engraved .44-40 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 127938A (dated 1883) image 2
An Ulrich engraved .44-40 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 127938A (dated 1883) image 3
An Ulrich engraved .44-40 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 127938A (dated 1883) image 4
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An Ulrich engraved .44-40 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 127938A (dated 1883)

29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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An Ulrich engraved .44-40 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 127938A (dated 1883)

The 'Third Model' receiver with dust-cover and integral rail, the left sideplate engraved with a vignette a white-tail buck in natural surroundings, both sides with bold foliate-scrollwork on a stippled background, the left side of lower tang stamped with assembly number "4835" and "XXX", matching assembly number is found in the top tang channel of buttstock and inside of butt-plate, set trigger, hammer and lever with traces of hardening colour, the well-figured butt with nickel-plated crescent steel butt-plate engraved en suite with trap (and 4-piece cleaning rod), the well-figured forend with nickel-plated cap engraved en suite, octagonal barrel engraved Winchester's-Repeating Arms. New Haven. CT. King's-Improvement-Patented-March 29. 1866. October 16. 1860. with full-length magazine-tube, fixed blade nickel foresight and semi-buckhorn rear-sight with chequered edges and adjustable centre insert
24¼in. barrel, recent Birmingham nitro proof (discreet marks)

Footnotes

Provenance
Wes Adams Estate Collection
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, 11 & 12 March 2013, lot 1002
Winchester Repeating Firearms Factory Letter:
Rifle, octagon barrel, set trigger, fancy nickel trim, engraved, received in the warehouse July 11 1883 and shipped from the warehouse July 11 1883 with 4 other arms to order number 4755

Literature
R. L. Wilson, Winchester Engraving, 1989, p. 190, Illustrated and listed as Ulrich engraved

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