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WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USA
A VERY RARE .236 (USN) SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL 'WINCHESTER-LEE STRAIGHT-PULL (1895)', serial no. 12042,
for 1898, with blued rapid taper 24in. barrel, ramp and blade fore-sight, elevating buckhorn rear-sight, the barrel signed 'MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN CONN. USA.', the side of barrel at breech further marked 'NICKEL STEEL BARREL ESPECIALLY FOR SMOKELESS POWDER', squared blued receiver marked with the makers details and patent dates to 1895, bolt release to left hand side at rear, cranked bolt handle, walnut half-stock with capped pistol grip and chequered iron heel-plate, attached magazine for charger loading, the whole retaining the majority of its apparently original finish.
Provenance: Only 1700 sporting rifles were produced in this model from a total production run of approximately 20,000 pieces
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Estimate £1,500-2,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament