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LOT 1016
Outstanding and Historic Factory Double Panel Scene Engraved Winchester Deluxe Model
1886 Lightweight Lever Action Takedown Rifle Inscribed to J.H. Poole, Military Aide to
President Theodore Roosevelt - Serial no. 147849, 33 WCF cal., 24 inch round bbl., blue finish,
fancy checkered walnut stock. Manufactured in 1909, this Winchester Model 1886 has a wonderful,
highly sought after factory engraving. The engraving on the receiver is very similar to the factory
no. 9 pattern with floral scrollwork on a punch dot background, zig-zag line and dot borders and
circular panel scenes depicting stags. Flourishes of scrollwork extend to the forend cap and barrel
at the breech. As advertised in Winchester’s “Highly Finished Arms” catalog, the no. 9 was “a very
popular style of finish” that would have set a customer back $10.00 circa 1897. Factory engraved
Winchester Deluxe Model 1886 Lightweight Takedown Rifles are rarely encountered. The rifle is fitted
with a Marble blade front sight (bead absent) and an elevation adjustable rear sight. The left side of
the barrel is stamped with the two-line address/patent dates legend ahead of the rear sight and the
two-line nickel steel marking followed by “33 WCF” at the breech. A Winchester factory oval proof is
stamped on the barrel and receiver. The upper tang has the three-line model/trade mark information.
The lower tang carries the serial number and two-line patent dates marking. The buttstock is fitted
with a hard rubber Winchester grip cap and shotgun buttplate.
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