Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2024 : Sale A0324 Lot 1127
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. A .44-40 MODEL 1873 SPECIAL-ORDER SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 166416A,

Product Details

WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.
A .44-40 MODEL 1873 SPECIAL-ORDER SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 166416A,
for 1884, with 24 1/4in. octagonal to round barrel nitro reproved (in 2000), dove-tailed brass-blade fore-sight, buckhorn rear sight, the top flat engraved 'WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, NEW HAVEN, CT KINGS IMPROVEMENT PATENTED MARCH 29 1866, OCTOBER 16 1860', plain receiver with sliding dust-cover operating on an external rail, top tang fitted with a period style but later peep-sight, straight-hand walnut butt-stock, iron crescent buttplate with central trap-door, plain walnut fore-end, iron nose-cap, full-length tubular magazine, mostly cleaned of finish with some staining



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Estimate £700-900

S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act