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LOT 1
Desirable Antique Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Saddle
Ring Carbine with Juan Canedo Buenos Aires Retailer Marking - Serial no.
85697, 40-82 WCF cal., 22 inch round bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock.
Manufactured in 1894 with the desirable casehardened receiver that was standard until
approximately serial number 108000. According to John T. Madl in his summer 2018 article in “The
Winchester Collector”, only 1,416 Model 1886 carbines were manufactured in .40-82 W.C.F. The top of the barrel on this example
is marked with the standard two-line Winchester address, and the caliber marking at the breech. Just below the address on the upper left of the barrel, the retailer marking “Juan
Canedo y Cia Rivadavia 611-Buenos Aires” is
hand engraved. Juan Canedo took over a large
firearms retail business in Argentina from Don Alfredo Gottling, who started the business in 1857. It is reported that Canedo’s firm operated into the 1970’s and were known to
be a major importer of the most advanced firearms models from North America and Europe. The upper tang is marked with the model designation and the serial number is on the lower tang. It is
fitted with a pinned blade front sight, folding ladder rear sight, and a saddle ring on the left of the receiver. It is mounted with a smooth forearm and straight grip stock with a carbine buttplate.
CONDITION: Fine, retains 50% plus of the original blue finish and 40% of the vibrant original case colors with the balance having thinned to mostly a smooth grey patina and a few scattered patches of light surface pitting. The wood is very good
with some minor dings and scratches throughout and a moderate pressure dent on the left of the buttstock. Mechanically excellent. Surviving examples of these South American shipped Winchester lever actions are very difficult to fine!
Provenance: The Tom Selleck Collection.
Estimate: 4,500 - 8,500
LOT 2
Scarce Special Order Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle with Desirable
Casehardened Receiver and Factory Letter - Serial no.
348129B, 38 WCF cal., 26 inch round bbl., casehardened finish, highly figured
walnut stock. This is a fine example of a special order Winchester Model 1873 rifle
that was manufactured in 1890. It is quite unusual for a special order Winchester rifle to
only have two special order features. Usually when someone took the time to place a special order
rifle they loaded them up with all types of special features. This rifle is documented with a Winchester factory letter that lists the two special order features as a factory set trigger and a X stock, again this is unusual in that when someone ordered a special grade of walnut they usually choose a high grade of deluxe walnut. The factory letter also notes that this rifle has the very desirable/rare casehardened receiver. This was actually not considered a special order feature, however it is rare to find these color casehardened receivers at
all because it was much easier to just blue all the components. This Third Model rifle has an integral dust cover rail and dust cover with serrated edges. The barrel has the standard nickel/silver blade sporting front sight with an adjustable buckhorn rear sight and it is also fitted with an original and very rare Model “62-B” folding, tang mounted, target rear sight. Although this tang sight
is not mentioned in the factory letter it has been on the rifle for the period of use, as it has the same exact wear pattern as the rear of the receiver and upper tang area. These sights were produced on a very limited basis and were used only on the Model 1873 rifles. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped
in two lines ahead of the rear sight with “WINCHESTER’S-REPEATING-ARMS. NEW HAVEN CT./KING’S-IMPROVEMENT-PATENTED- MARCH 29 1866. OCTOBER 16. 1860”, with the breech end of the barrel stamped with “38 W.C.F.” just ahead of the receiver. The bottom
of the brass cartridge elevator is stamped “38 CAL” in script. The serial number is stamped in script numerals on the lower tang between the
lever latch and the tang screw. The crescent steel buttplate has a sliding brass trapdoor. The barrel, magazine, forearm cap and receiver are blue.
The hammer, loading lever and buttplate have a color casehardened finish. The stock and forearm are varnished black walnut.
CONDITION: Fine with 40% of the original blue finish overall on the barrel and magazine tube with the color casehardened receiver mostly
silvered out with strong pattern remaining. The attractive, highly figured very fine stock and forend both retain 90% of their original varnished
finish overall with the stock showing even honest wear on the front edges behind the receiver with both showing hones, wear and chipping of the finish on the underside of the stock and forend. This is a fine and very scarce, documented special order, casehardened Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle.
Estimate: 5,000 - 7,500
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