Product Details
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USA
A .40-70 (WCF) LEVER-ACTION SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL '1886', serial no. 93016,
for 1894, with octagonal 26in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW-HAVEN CONN. U.S.A', nickel bladed fore-sight, buckhorn rear-sight, slab-sided receiver (slight traces of colour), blued bolt and hammer, top-tang marked 'MODEL 1886', walnut straight-hand butt-stock with iron crescent heel-plate (small losses and repaired cracks at head), iron finger-lever (slight traces of colour), walnut fore-end and blued nose-cap, fitted with a full-length tubular under-barrel magazine, overall length 45in., weight approximately 9 3/4lbs.
Other Notes: .40-70 WCF is one of the harder calibres to find in an 1886 Model with apparently less than 700 produced.
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Estimate £1,200-1,600
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament