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Lot 786S1

A .44-40 'Model 1866' lever-action saddle-ring carbine by Winchester, no. 168346 (dated 1891)

Withdrawn
Amended
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£2,000 - £3,000

A .44-40 'Model 1866' lever-action saddle-ring carbine by Winchester, no. 168346 (dated 1891)

The 'Fourth Model' brass receiver plain, the top tang drilled and tapped for a sight, the left side of lower tang stamped with assembly number "520", non-matching assembly number "450" is found in the top tang channel of buttstock, no number visible inside toe of butt-plate, the figured stock with steel butt-plate and brass trap and a medallion of a Native American with war bonnet on the right side, ring and staple, the round barrel engraved Winchester's-Repeating-Arms. New Haven. CT. King's-Improvement-Patented-March 29. 1866. October 16.1860, with full-length magazine-tube, block-mounted sporting foresight and folding adjustable ladder rear-sight
21½in. barrel, recent Birmingham nitro proof

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Provenance
Cody Firearms Records Office:
Carbine, .44 cf, received in warehouse on May 02, 1891, shipped from warehouse on May 13 1891, Order number 4430

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