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LOT 35
Fine ATF Exempted Winchester Model 1892 Lever Action Saddle Ring Trapper’s Carbine with 15 Inch Barrel - Serial no. 998466, 44 WCF cal., 15 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in 1930, this is a rare Trapper’s Carbine with a 15 inch barrel. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms lists this carbine as being removed from the purview of the National Firearms Act and classified as a curio and relic and a copy of the ATF exemption letter is included. It has standard markings including Winchester factory oval proofs on the barrel and receiver at the breech. It is fitted with pinned blade
front and folding ladder rear sights, and a saddle ring on the left of the receiver. It’s mounted with a smooth forearm and straight grip stock with a carbine buttplate. CONDITION: Fine, retains 50% plus of the original blue finish on the barrel and magazine, and 20% on the remainder, with the balance having thinned to mostly a smooth grey patina, and a few scattered patches of light surface oxidation or light pitting. The lightly sanded, refinished wood is also fine with some scattered minor dings and scratches. Mechanically excellent. Provenance: The Brandhorst Collection. Estimate: 5,500 - 8,000
LOT 36
Special Order Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle with Extra Length Barrel and Factory
Letter - Serial no. 114148A, 44 WCF cal., 26 inch octagon bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in 1883 as a third model with integral dust
cover rail and dust cover with grip serrations at the rear. The rifle is fitted with a special
order 26 inch barrel. The accompanying factory letter lists this rifle with a 26 inch octagon barrel and plain
trigger when received in the warehouse on February 2, 1883 and shipped on June 24, 1883. As explained
by George Madis, “Special lengths, such as [26 inches], are rare in all models. Few gun buyers were so particular that they would
order special barrel lengths, especially a barrel only two inches longer than standard” (see “The Winchester Book,” page 133). The barrel is fitted with a dovetail Lyman beaded blade front sight and an elevation adjustable buckhorn rear sight and is stamped with the two-line address/patent dates marking. There is a folding tang peep sight. The rifle correctly lacks caliber markings. A leather sling is included. The straight grip stock is fitted with a trapdoor crescent buttplate. CONDITION: Very good plus, retaining nearly 40% original blue finish with the balance a smooth brown-gray patina. Traces of original case colors remain on the hammer and lever. Traces of original niter blue remains on the loading gate. The stock wrist has been period repaired, otherwise the wood is good with chipping along the grain, dings and scratches. Mechanically excellent. A very solid example of a special order Winchester 1873, “the gun that won the west”, that certainly looks to have played the part.
Estimate: 4,500 - 6,000
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