SCARCE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE RING CARBINE.

SN 43952. Cal. 45-75. Standard carbine with 22″ rnd bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight and Spanish meter ladder rear sight. Left side of receiver has a stud & ring. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered American walnut with full length forearm & straight stock that has carbine buttplate without trap. Right side of buttstock is marked “N.W.M.P.” in an arc. This carbine is listed by SN on p. 185 of Arms & Accoutrements of the Mounted Police, Phillips & Klancher. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this firearm as a carbine, received in warehouse March 27, 1885 and shipped next day to Order #19589. The Model 1876 carbine was in service with the Mounted Police 1878 until 1914, skipping 1906, for a total of 35 years. It served through the North-West Rebellion and the Yukon Gold Rush era around many untold and unwritten skirmishes. Altogether the N.W.M.P. purchased 1,611 Model 1876 carbines and several hundred thousand rds of ammunition. Once they were declared obsolete in 1914 many of these carbines were sold to provincial police departments where they remained in service for many more years after all those long years of hard frontier service. Very few are found today with orig finish. CONDITION: Good. No orig finish remains being an overall cleaned gray/brown patina. Wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains about all of a modern refinish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good shine and light pitting in the grooves. 4-55400 JR352 (2,000-3,000) – Lot 1219

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Auction: Firearms - March 2015

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1219	$8,050.00	SCARCE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 43952. Cal. 45-75. Standard carbine with 22″ rnd bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight and Spanish meter ladder rear sight. Left side of receiver has a stud & ring. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered American walnut with full length forearm & straight stock that has carbine buttplate without trap. Right side of buttstock is marked “N.W.M.P.” in an arc. This carbine is listed by SN on p. 185 of Arms & Accoutrements of the Mounted Police, Phillips & Klancher. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this firearm as a carbine, received in warehouse March 27, 1885 and shipped next day to Order #19589. The Model 1876 carbine was in service with the Mounted Police 1878 until 1914, skipping 1906, for a total of 35 years. It served through the North-West Rebellion and the Yukon Gold Rush era around many untold and unwritten skirmishes. Altogether the N.W.M.P. purchased 1,611 Model 1876 carbines and several hundred thousand rds of ammunition. Once they were declared obsolete in 1914 many of these carbines were sold to provincial police departments where they remained in service for many more years after all those long years of hard frontier service. Very few are found today with orig finish. CONDITION: Good. No orig finish remains being an overall cleaned gray/brown patina. Wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains about all of a modern refinish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good shine and light pitting in the grooves. 4-55400 JR352 (2,000-3,000) – Lot 1219 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - March 2015 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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SCARCE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE RING CARBINE.