Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2018 : Sale A0618 Lot 642
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USA A RARE .50-110 (EXP.) SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE, MODEL 1885 HIGH-WALL, serial no. 39836,

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WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USA
A RARE .50-110 (EXP.) SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE, MODEL '1885 HIGH-WALL', serial no. 39836,
for 1889, with octagonal blued 30in. barrel, dove-tailed tunnel fore-sight, blanking plate in lieu of rear-sight, the top-flat of barrel signed 'MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN CONN. USA', slab-sided colour-hardened falling-block action (faded) with central hammer, top-tang fitted with a folding vernier ladder sight, walnut butt-stock, iron crescent heel-plate, blued under-lever, walnut splinter fore-end with inlet ebony tip, fair amount of finish remaining

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Estimate £2,500-3,500

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