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LOT 1033
Rare and Magnificent Special Order John Ulrich Factory Engraved and Signed Winchester Model 1876 Deluxe Lever Action Rifle
with Factory Letter - Serial no. 18464, 45-60 WCF cal., 28 inch octagon bbl., blue/nickel finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in 1881, this is an extraordinary factory engraved Winchester deluxe Second Model 1876 lever action rifle signed by Master Engraver John Ulrich. Ulrich only signed his best pieces.
The receiver sides and top are decorated with Ulrich’s distinctive scroll and border engraving on a punch-dot background. The left side plate is engraved with a highly detailed game scene that features a whitetail buck, and the right side plate is engraved with an open ribbon. The scrollwork continues on the top of the receiver, dust cover, upper tang, bottom of the cartridge elevator, buttplate heel and the sides of the forearm cap. “J. ULRICH” is stamped in tiny letters on the lower tang behind the trigger. The rifle has a blued full octagon barrel. The tip of the half- magazine, forearm cap, receiver, dust cover, cartridge elevator, bolt, hammer, trigger, lever, and shotgun buttplate are nickel plated. The forearm and pistol grip stock are deluxe, fancy grade, highly figured walnut with style H checkering. The pistol grip has an ebony inlay. The barrel has a folding combination front sight and a Lyman two leaf folding rear sight. The front leaf has a wide v-notch and the rear leaf has a flat top and triangle. 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.” ahead of the rear sight.