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WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.
A GOOD .44-40 'MODEL 1892' LEVER-ACTION REPEATING SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 49122, with factory letter,
manufactured in 1895, with blued, round 24 1/4in. barrel signed on two lines 'MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN CONN USA', special order 'Winchester Express' beaded blade fore-sight, rare 'Winchester Express' rear-sight with standing notch and two folding leaves, blued receiver with contrasting blued load-gate, screws and extractor, colour hardened central hammer, top-tang stamped 'MODEL 1892 WINCHESTER PAT. OCT. 14 1884', walnut shotgun style butt-stock with blued heel-plate, colour-hardened finger-lever, walnut fore-end, full-length under-barrel tubular magazine and eyelets for a Winchester sling, complete in an English market canvas storage case with leather trim, the interior lined and compartmented in red baize and including a rare nickel-plated muzzle-protector, the lid outer initialled 'A.M.G.', together with a provenance letter from the Cody Firearms Museum
Provenance: The provenance letter states the following:
Serial number applied on September 20, 1895
Type: Rifle
Caliber: 44
Barrel Type: Round
trigger: Plain
Sights: Winchester Express
Shotgun butt
Received in Warehouse on October 02, 1895
Shipped from warehouse on October 04, 1895, Order number 21317
Other Notes: The vendor has kindly confirmed that this rifle was handed down to him by his Father, originally possibly the property of his great-uncle, Captain Lord Alastair Mungo Graham, brother to Commodore James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose.
18 rounds of Winchester 44-40 ammunition together with quantity of original used brass can be made available to the buyer of this Lot (restrictions apply)
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Estimate £1,000-2,000
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act