Fine Modern & Antique Arms - November 2023 : Sale A1123 Lot 730
A VERY RARE 6mm (.236 USN) WINCHESTER STRAIGHT-PULL SPORTING RIFLE, MODEL 1895 WINCHESTER-LEE, serial no. 14612,

Product Details

A VERY RARE 6mm (.236 USN) WINCHESTER STRAIGHT-PULL SPORTING RIFLE, MODEL '1895 WINCHESTER-LEE', serial no. 14612,
for 1906, with blued rapid taper 24in. barrel, ramp and blade fore-sight, elevating buckhorn rear-sight, the barrel signed 'MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN CONN. USA.', the side of barrel at breech further marked 'NICKEL STEEL BARREL ESPECIALLY FOR SMOKELESS POWDER', squared blued receiver marked with the makers details, patent dates to 1895 and fitted with a period Lyman receiver sight, bolt release to left hand side at rear, cranked bolt handle, walnut half-stock with capped pistol grip, chequered iron heel-plate and rosewood fore-end tip, attached magazine for charger loading, the whole retaining the majority of its apparently original finish



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Estimate £2,000-3,000

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament