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LOT 16
Ultra Rare, Exhibition Grade C.F. Ulrich Factory Master Engraved and Signed Winchester Model 1866 Lever Action Musket
with Bayonet - Serial no. 61216, 44 RF cal., 27 inch round bbl., nickel finish, walnut stock. This Third Model Winchester 1866 Musket
was manufactured in 1870 and engraved and signed by Conrad F. Ulrich. The musket has the distinctive 27-inch round barrel with
24-inch magazine and long (17-inch) forearm, three barrel bands and block-mounted front sight that serves as a lug for a socket
bayonet. The barrel has a dovetail mounted, Henry style, folding leaf rear sight with 900 yard center notch and elevator bar stop
screw. Sling swivels are mounted on the middle barrel band and the stock. The upper tang is factory drilled and tapped for a rear
sight. The carbine style buttplate has a sliding trapdoor. The butt trap contains a nickel-plated, four-piece, jointed steel cleaning
rod. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped with the two-line legend “WINCHESTER-REPEATING-ARMS. NEWHAVEN. CT./KING’S-
IMPROVEMENT-PATENTED-MARCH 29.1866. OCTOBER 16. 1860.” between the lower barrel band and the rear sight. “C” is stamped
on the top of the barrel just ahead of the receiver. The serial number “61216” is stamped in an engraved banner behind the trigger
on the lower tang. The rifle and bayonet have a full nickel-plated finish. The stock and forearm are straight grain American walnut
with a semi-gloss finish. The top sides and bottom of the receiver, cartridge elevator, upper and lower tang and buttplate heel are
engraved with American style scrollwork on a punch-dot background. A face is partially hidden in the scrollwork of the left side of
the receiver in a style more typical of Gustave Young. Both sides of the receiver are decorated with stylish open panels and shields.
The scrollwork panels are separated by elaborate engraved borders. The rifle is signed with the tiny rectangular stamp: “C.F. ULRICH”
behind the trigger. Factory engraved Model 1866 Muskets are extremely rare. Ulrich signed Model 1866 Muskets are rarer still.
No Ulrich signed or engraved Model 1866 Muskets are illustrated in the primary references on Winchester factory engraving “The
Book of Winchester Engraving” by R.L. Wilson or “The Winchester Book” by George Madis. This magnificent Ulrich signed engraved
Winchester Model 1866 musket is consecutively serial numbered to the following lot. 21