Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2018 : Sale A0618 Lot 637
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USA A RARE .32-40 (W&B) SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE, MODEL 1885 HIGH-WALL SPECIAL ORDER, serial no. 105001,

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WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USA
A RARE .32-40 (W&B) SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE, MODEL '1885 HIGH-WALL SPECIAL ORDER', serial no. 105001,
for 1918, with buffalo-weight octagonal blued 35 7/8in. barrel, dove-tailed tunnel fore-sight, buckhorn rear-sight, the top-flat of barrel signed 'MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN CONN. USA PATENTED OCTOBER 7 1879', slab-sided blued falling-block action (faded around pins) with central hammer, top-tang fitted with a folding Lyman vernier peep sight, pistol-grip butt-stock, iron crescent heel-plate, blued under-lever, special Winchester double set trigger, walnut splinter fore-end with inlet ebony tip, much finish remaining

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Estimate £2,000-3,000

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament