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A .44 (R.F.) 'Model 1866' lever-action saddle-ring carbine by Winchester, no. 48139 (circa 1870) image 1
A .44 (R.F.) 'Model 1866' lever-action saddle-ring carbine by Winchester, no. 48139 (circa 1870) image 2
A .44 (R.F.) 'Model 1866' lever-action saddle-ring carbine by Winchester, no. 48139 (circa 1870) image 3
Lot 798S58

A .44 (R.F.) 'Model 1866' lever-action saddle-ring carbine by Winchester, no. 48139 (circa 1870)

29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £12,500 inc. premium

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A .44 (R.F.) 'Model 1866' lever-action saddle-ring carbine by Winchester, no. 48139 (circa 1870)

The 'Third Model' receiver engraved with bold foliate-scrollwork on a cross-hatched and stippled background, the hammer, lever, screw heads and barrel bands engraved en suite, retaining much nickel-plated finish, the left side of lower tang unmarked, last four digits of serial number "8139" are found in the top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of butt-plate, the figured stock incised with scrolls inlaid with silver (some loose, some missing), with nickel-plated butt-plate engraved en suite and trap, ring and staple, the forend incised with scrolls inlaid with silver(some loose), the barrel band engraved en suite, 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, blade foresight integral to nickel-plated barrel band and folding non-adjustable leaf rear-sight
20in. barrel

Footnotes

Provenance
Rock Island Auction Company, Rock Island, Il, May 2nd 2014, Lot 1042

Literature
R. Held, Arms and Armour Annual, Vol. 1, 1973. Please see pp. 315-319 for an article regarding three very similar rifles, serial numbers 47830, 48505 and 49157

G. Madis, The Winchester Book, 1985. Please see p. 82 for a similarly engraved rifle, serial number 48311

R.L. Wilson, Winchester Engraving, 1989, 2nd ed. Please see pp. 83 & 94 for two similarly engraved rifles, serial numbers 51011 and 51257

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