Product Details
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USA
A .22LR 'FIRST MODEL 1885 HIGH-WALL MUSKET' FALLING-BLOCK RIFLE, serial no. 102356,
circa 1906, 28in. nitro barrel, the top of the barrel roll-stamped 'MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. - NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A. PAT. OCT. 7. 1879. -', ramp-mounted folding blade fore-sight, Buffington Hotchkiss style elevating ladder rear-sight, the top-tang fitted with a London Small Arms Co. Ltd. No. 2A adjustable peep-sight, slab-sided high-wall receiver with triggerguard forming the underlever and operating the falling block and central hammer (firing pin missing), top tang stamped 'PAT. OCT. 7TH 79. - WINCHESTER - TRADE MARK.', (some losses from peep sight fittings), retaining some original blued finish and traces of colour-hardening, walnut butt-stock of carbine form, three-quarter length fore-end with two barrel bands, the underside fitted with a cleaning rod, iron furniture including heel-plate, nose-cap and sling swivels, 13 1/4in. pull, weight 8lb. 11oz.
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Estimate £400-600
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act