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1938 and 1 carbine in 1940. The carbine has a full blue finish and varnished walnut, military style forearm with grasping grooves, hand guard and stock with carbine butt. The right side of the receiver is engraved: “FROM/THE COLONEL and his LADY VIRGINIA/TO/”RUSTY” CASTEEL/APRIL 3, 1937” in five lines. The barrel is fitted with a ramp
front sight with sheet steel front sight cover. The rear sight is the standard military style folding leaf with 1000 yard ramp and 1800 yard leaf. A sling ring is mounted on the left side
of the receiver. The buttplate has a sliding trap. The top of the receiver is stamped with the oval “W/P” Winchester proofmark followed by “.30/ARMY”. The left side of the receiver is roll-stamped
with the elongated Winchester New Haven address and 1895-1907 patent dates. The upper receiver tang is roll-stamped: “MODEL 95/-WINCHESTER-/TRADE MARK REG.U.S. PAT. OFF & FGN” in three lines. The serial number is stamped on the lower receiver tang behind the trigger. This unique, presentation, Model 1895 carbine is one of the very last examples of the Model 1895 Winchester manufactured.
CONDITION: Excellent plus. The carbine retains 99% of the original blue finish. Some very minor cycling scuff marks are present on the sides of the magazine and loading lever and some very minor finish loss on the heel of
the buttplate and the top of the bolt. The stock, forearm and hand guard are also in excellent plus condition with all of the original finish remaining. The factory engraving on the right side of the receiver is crisp and sharp. This is a unique and fully documented example of a Winchester Model 1895 carbine with presentation engraving and special front sight. The writer has never seen another 95 carbine like this one! Estimate: 8,000 - 11,000
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Exceptional Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Musket with Factory Letter - Serial no. 570889B, 44-40 WCF cal., 30 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. This is an exceptional Winchester Model 1873 Musket that was manufactured in 1903. The included factory letter confirms this musket configuration and lists it as being received in the warehouse on September 01, 1903, and shipped from the warehouse September 18, 1903, on order number 13880. The musket has the distinctive 30 inch barrel with full-length forearm, three barrel bands, block front sight base that serves as a lug for a socket bayonet, military style folding leaf rear
sight and carbine buttplate. Sling swivels are mounted on the middle barrel band and the stock. The frame has the Third Model integral dust cover rail and dust cover with serrated edges. The buttplate has a sliding brass trapdoor and the butt trap contains a four-piece steel cleaning rod. The barrel, magazine, barrel bands and frame have a blue finish.
The hammer, loading lever and buttplate are color casehardened. The oil-finished stock and forearm are straight grain American walnut. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped with the two-line legend “WINCHESTER’S REPEATING ARMS. NEW HAVEN. CT./KING’S IMPROVEMENT PATENTED MARCH 29. 1866. OCTOBER 16. 1860.” between the lower barrel band and the rear sight. The caliber
designation “44 W.C.F” is roll-stamped on the top of the barrel between the rear sight and the frame. “44 CAL.” is roll-stamped in script letters on the bottom of the brass cartridge elevator. The upper receiver tang is roll stamped with the model designation”-MODEL 1873-” in fancy letters with foliate devices at either end. The serial number is stamped in script numerals on the lower tang
between the lever latch and the upper tang screw. This musket is one of approximately 700 Model 1873 Muskets shipped from Winchester to Nicaragua in September 1903. Some of these muskets
were apparently never uncrated. During the 1950s a few of these Model 1873 Muskets were discovered in the original crates in un-issued condition and were returned to the United States for resale.
CONDITION: Excellent plus. The musket retains 98% of the original blue and casehardened finish and remains in as-issued condition. Wear is limited to a few scattered and very minor storage marks. The rear sight spring, ejector and loading gate has 98% plus of the original fire blue finish remaining. Virtually all of the case colors are present on the hammer, trigger, lever and carbine style buttplate. The brass cartridge elevator has a good-looking, un-touched patina. All of the markings are sharp. The stock and forearm retain nearly all of the original oil finish with un-touched feathered grain. Wear is limited to several nearly imperceptible storage marks. Mechanically
excellent. It would be almost impossible to find a better example of a Winchester Model 1873 Musket.
Provenance: The Collection of David L. DeLullo.
Estimate: 6,500 - 8,500
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Exceptional Factory Presentation Winchester Model 1895 Lever Action Carbine with Factory Letter - Serial no. 425111, 30 ARMY (30- 40) cal., 22 inch bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. This is a truly unique example of a presentation Winchester Model 1895 Carbine that was manufactured in 1937. The included factory letter states: “The subject gun was built for and purchased by Col. Walter Seigmund, general sales manager of the Winchester Arms Company to be given to Mr. Rusty Casteel, vice president of Winchester
Arms Company, in 1937”. The letter further states that Winchester manufactured 16 Model 1895 carbines in 19
37, 17 in