W928 FACTORY ENGRAVED DELUXE 2ND MODEL 1873 WINCHESTER RIFLE [A]

$11,500.00

Special order Second Model with 24 inch octagon barrel chambered in 44 WCF caliber with a dark bore that is not so good and has light rifling. Sights include a Beech’s combination front with standard sporting rear. Barrel and magazine tube are a silver-gray patina overall. Receiver has a dark brown/gray patina. Thumb print dust cover. Set trigger does not work. Hammer does not stay on half cock. Trigger needs repair to make it work properly. Receiver is engraved with a scroll/floral motif and has vignette of a running deer on left side plate. Elevator has a small scroll motif. The checkering on the wood is visible but very worn. XXX wood is dark brown and very sun-dried and checked. Also a little shy at the wrist area. A Deluxe Winchester made in 1882 that saw a lot of hard use on the frontier. This one didn’t sit in a closet, it got used!
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W928 FACTORY ENGRAVED DELUXE 2ND MODEL 1873 WINCHESTER RIFLE; Special order Second Model with 24 inch octagon barrel chambered in 44 WCF caliber with a dark bore that is not so good and has light rifling. Sights include a Beech’s combination front with standard sporting rear. Barrel and magazine tube are a silver-gray patina overall. Receiver has a dark brown/gray patina. Thumb print dust cover. Set trigger does not work. Hammer does not stay on half cock. Trigger needs repair to make it work properly. Receiver is engraved with a scroll/floral motif and has vignette of a running deer on left side plate. Elevator has a small scroll motif. The checkering on the wood is visible but very worn. XXX wood is dark brown and very sun-dried and checked. Also a little shy at the wrist area. A Deluxe Winchester made in 1882 that saw a lot of hard use on the frontier. This one didn’t sit in a closet, it got used!

ANTIQUE   $ 11,500.