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Winchester Model 1876 Late 2nd Type Lever Action Rifle

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:875.00 USD
Winchester Model 1876 Late 2nd Type Lever Action Rifle
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Antique Winchester Model 1876 Late 2nd Type Lever Action Repeating Rifle, #21295, .45-60 CF cal., 28'' blued octagonal barrel with dovetailed German silver blade front and adjustable buckhorn sporting rear sights is marked on top flat ''Winchester's Repeating Arms, New Haven, CT./King's-Improvement-Patented-March 29, 1856, October 16, 1860'' in two lines, and ''Cal. 45-60'' just ahead of juncture with blued steel receiver, which is marked ''Model 1876'' on top tang and with the serial number on lower tang; blued sliding dustcover over top cartridge ejection port; brass cartridge elevator is marked ''45-60'' on bottom; full-length blued tubular cartridge magazine; blued steel nosecap and crescent buttplate on varnished walnut forend and buttstock. Mfg'd. 1881. Condition is near fine, the barrel retaining approx. 90% smooth original blue, thinning and darkening; the magazine tube a blue-brown patina; the receiver retaining 50% blue mixed with brown age patina; the nosecap and buttplate a smooth bluish-brown; the operating lever is dark, the hammer with hints of case coloring; the stocks are sound showing nicks and dents commensurate with age and use but fit well and have nice straight grain and color. Action is smooth; bore is lightly etched but clean and with sharp rifling. The ''Centennial Model'' '76 was the first Winchester to offer desirable large calibers, such as this one, for hunting big game. Est.: $1,750-$2,750. (Antique)