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CONDITION: Excellent plus. This rare rifle retains 99% of the untouched original silver-plated and 95% plus blue finishes. The delicate silver-plating on the forearm cap, receiver and buttplate has tarnished with age, but has not been polished and shows very limited handling wear. The receiver
is in excellent overall condition with pristine side plate joints and shows only a few very minor handling marks. The inscriptions on the side plates are extremely crisp. The blue finish on the barrel and magazine has only very minor high point wear and a mild patch of light pitting on the center top of barrel. The loading gate has 90% plus of the niter blue finish intact under a coat of old grease. The hammer has vivid case colors. The case colors on the lever have faded to an attractive blue patina. The barrel legend and tang serial number are sharp. The bore is mirror bright. The deluxe, fancy grain, English walnut stock and forearm retain more than 90% of the high polish piano finish and are in excellent condition; wear is limited to a few very minor handling marks. Winchester factory presentation rifles are extremely rare. Only a few Model 1866 rifles have silver-plated receivers and buttplates or deluxe English walnut stocks and forearms. This rare and spectacular
rifle has the unique combination of a Winchester factory presentation and equally rare silver-plated finish with deluxe English walnut stock and forearm.
Provenance: The Quail Creek Collection.
18 Estimate: 65,000 - 95,000