Main Sale - June 2012 : Sale A1064 Lot 951
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS A SCARCE .44 (HENRY) LEVER-ACTION REPEATING RIFLE, MODEL 1866 RIFLE, serial no. 120754,
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WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS
A SCARCE .44 (HENRY) LEVER-ACTION REPEATING RIFLE, MODEL '1866 RIFLE', serial no. 120754,
for 1874, third model with re-blued octagonal 24 1/4in. barrel, dove-tailed barleycorn fore-sight, folding rear-sight (incomplete), the top flat stamped 'WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS NEW HAVEN CT' above 'KINGS IMPROVEMENT PATENTED MARCH 29 1866, OCTOBER 16 1860', bronze frame, walnut straight-hand butt-stock, brass heel-plate with sprung trap-door (heel re-profiled), plain walnut fore-end with brass nose-cap, full-length magazine tube and iron swivels
Estimate £2,000-3,000