Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2018 : Sale A1218 Lot 1116
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USA A .44-40 (WIN) MODEL 1873 SPECIAL ORDER LEVER-ACTION REPEATING SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 283239B,

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WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USA
A .44-40 (WIN) 'MODEL 1873 SPECIAL ORDER' LEVER-ACTION REPEATING SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 283239B,
for 1888, with octagonal 24 1/4in. barrel, dove-tailed nickel-bladed fore-sight, buckhorn rear-sight, the top left-hand flat of barrel signed 'WINCHESTER'S REPEATING ARMS NEW HAVEN CONN. USA.' over 'KINGS IMPROVEMENT PATENTED MARCH 29 1866, OCTOBER 16 1860', slab-sided plated action with central hammer, sliding dust-cover, top-tang fitted with a folding Lyman type vernier ladder peep sight, straight-hand butt-stock, iron crescent heel-plate (traces of plating), iron under-lever, plain trigger, walnut fore-end with plated iron nose cap and full length tubular magazine, traces only of both blue and plated finishes remaining

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Estimate £800-1,200
(USD 1,037-1,555)
(EUR 888-1,332)


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