Fine Modern & Antique Arms - November 2023 : Sale A1123 Lot 1125
WINCHESTER A SCARCE .44-40 (WIN) MODEL 1873 LEVER-ACTION SPORTING RIFLE RETAILED BY F.T. BAKER, LONDON, serial no. 37290,

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WINCHESTER
A SCARCE .44-40 (WIN) 'MODEL 1873' LEVER-ACTION SPORTING RIFLE RETAILED BY F.T. BAKER, LONDON, serial no. 37290,
for 1879, second model, 24 1/4in. octagonal barrel signed on the top-flat, plain receiver with sliding dust-cover running on an applied screwed-down rail and with chequered oval thumb-piece, central hammer, the top-tang marked 'MODEL 1873' and drilled with an additional threaded mounting hole for a tang-sight, walnut butt-stock with crescent iron heel-plate and central sliding trapdoor, brass cartridge lifter engraved 'FROM F.T. BAKER, 88 FLEET STREET LONDON, No. 4407', plain fore-end and full-length under-barrel magazine, the whole stripped of finish with some thin staining in places, detail well maintained



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Estimate £500-700

S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act