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Winchester-Lee Straight Pull Sporting Rifle

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:250.00 USD
Winchester-Lee Straight Pull Sporting Rifle
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Winchester-Lee Straight Pull Bolt Action Clip-Fed Cartridge Sporting Rifle, #14644, 6mm Lee (.236) cal., blued 24'' rapid-taper round barrel with tall bead-blade front and adjustable sporting rear sights is marked with the maker's name and address on top ahead of rear sight, and ''Nickel Steel Barrel/Especially for Smokeless Powder'' in two lines and ''.236 U.S.N.'' at breech; blued steel receiver is marked with the maker's name, address and four patent dates on left side in two lines; oil-stained walnut pistol-grip halfstock with plain steel buttplate. Mfg'd 1906, originally with full-blued finish. Condition is very good, the barrel retaining approx. 5% original blue with dings at rear sight mount and the balance a gunmetal gray, the receiver with 30% blue mixing with a smooth brown patina, the finger-groove stock with Schnabel-type tip and a Winchester-marked hard rubber pistol-grip cap is sound and clean showing use marks mainly at forend and a filled inletted area at top of wrist where likely once was a tang sight; the buttplate with mild erosion. Missing cartridge clip. Action is smooth and crisp; bore is bright with deep rifling. Est.: $500-$750. (C&R)