SCARCE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 32916. Cal. 45-60. Beautiful Deluxe ’76 with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, Rocky Mountain front sight and 1000-Yd 1876 marked ladder rear sight. Receiver is 3rd type with integral dust cover rail & 3rd type dust cover. Mounted with about 2x, center crotch American walnut with H-style checkered forearm & black fleur-de-lis insert and serpentine grip buttstock that has crescent buttplate with trap. Receiver has single set trigger. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked “XX” and assembly number “1660”, along with an “R”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Winchester Gun Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal. 45-60 with 28″ oct bbl, set trigger, case hardened, and checkered pistol grip stock, shipped March 28, 1883. At the time this rifle was manufactured there were very few repeating big bore rifles available on the market. The Model 1876 was extremely popular for its larger cal & hard-hitting cartridge. At that time, their only serious competition was M1881 which, although a fine rifle, did not have the distribution system available to Winchester. The Model 1876 was one of Winchester’s lowest production rifles with only about 64,000 produced 1876-1897 in both rifles & carbines and four different calibers. This model remained popular well into the late 1880’s even after the advent of the model 1886 with its more powerful, higher velocity cartridges. CONDITION: Very fine, all-matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 93-95% strong orig blue showing light sharp edge wear on bbl, turning a little plummy over chamber area. Magazine tube is strong & bright. Receiver & side plates retain bright case colors in sheltered areas being mostly moderately faded & turning silver on bottom and front edges. Top tang shows faded case colors & bottom tang brilliant case colors. Buttplate shows about 30% faded colors with balance turned silver. Wood is sound with light handling & storage nicks & scratches & retains most of its orig factory varnish. Forearm shows wear at carry point & checkering shows light diamond point wear. Mechanics are fine. Bright shiny bore with just a hint of roughness. 49608-4 JR (25,000-35,000) – Lot 3047

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Auction: Firearms - October 2015

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Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3047	$34,500.00	SCARCE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 32916. Cal. 45-60. Beautiful Deluxe ’76 with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, Rocky Mountain front sight and 1000-Yd 1876 marked ladder rear sight. Receiver is 3rd type with integral dust cover rail & 3rd type dust cover. Mounted with about 2x, center crotch American walnut with H-style checkered forearm & black fleur-de-lis insert and serpentine grip buttstock that has crescent buttplate with trap. Receiver has single set trigger. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked “XX” and assembly number “1660”, along with an “R”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Winchester Gun Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal. 45-60 with 28″ oct bbl, set trigger, case hardened, and checkered pistol grip stock, shipped March 28, 1883. At the time this rifle was manufactured there were very few repeating big bore rifles available on the market. The Model 1876 was extremely popular for its larger cal & hard-hitting cartridge. At that time, their only serious competition was M1881 which, although a fine rifle, did not have the distribution system available to Winchester. The Model 1876 was one of Winchester’s lowest production rifles with only about 64,000 produced 1876-1897 in both rifles & carbines and four different calibers. This model remained popular well into the late 1880’s even after the advent of the model 1886 with its more powerful, higher velocity cartridges. CONDITION: Very fine, all-matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 93-95% strong orig blue showing light sharp edge wear on bbl, turning a little plummy over chamber area. Magazine tube is strong & bright. Receiver & side plates retain bright case colors in sheltered areas being mostly moderately faded & turning silver on bottom and front edges. Top tang shows faded case colors & bottom tang brilliant case colors. Buttplate shows about 30% faded colors with balance turned silver. Wood is sound with light handling & storage nicks & scratches & retains most of its orig factory varnish. Forearm shows wear at carry point & checkering shows light diamond point wear. Mechanics are fine. Bright shiny bore with just a hint of roughness. 49608-4 JR (25,000-35,000) – Lot 3047 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - October 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 DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.