Sporting & Collector Firearms Auction #1040

Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle in .45-90 W.C.F.

Lot 2

Manufactured 1891.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 45-90 WCF

Price Realized:

Winchester Second Model 1876 Lever Action Rifle

Lot 5

Manufactured 1878.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 45

Price Realized:

Antique Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle

Lot 6

Manufactured 1882. "44 40" stamped on left of barrel at breech. Provenance: The Steven Preston Military Collection

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 44-40 WCF

Price Realized:

U.S. Marked Winchester Model 1895 Lever Action Musket

Lot 7

Manufactured 1898, "U.S." marking on receiver ring. Includes a 1908 dated Rock Island Arsenal leather sling. Provenance: The Steven Preston Military Collection

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 30

Price Realized:

Winchester Second Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle

Lot 8

Manufactured 1880, barrel shortened and photo inset on right side of buttstock.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 44 WCF

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Civil War Era New Haven Arms Co. Henry Lever Action Rifle

Lot 9

Manufactured 1863. Filled receiver sight dovetail, replacement rear sight with dovetail cut through the two-line barrel legend, magazine spring and barrel sling ring are absent, replacement lower tang screw, and serial number on barrel (stock and buttplate could not be removed). Only around 14,000 Henrys were manufactured in 1860-1866, and around half of them are believed to have been used by Union soldiers, mostly purchased by the men themselves, some using reenlistment bonuses. "That damned Yankee rifle that can be loaded on Sunday and fired all week" was one of the most advanced firearms of the war.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 44 RF

Price Realized:

Antique Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle

Lot 11

Manufactured 1890.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 38 WCF

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Two American .32 Caliber Rifles -A) Colt Lightning Medium Frame Slide Action Rifle

Two American .32 Caliber Rifles

Lot 16

Manufactured in 1901.

Antique

Curio and Relic

Caliber / Gauge: 32-20 WCF, 32 Long

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Antique Colt Medium Frame Lightning Slide Action Rifle

Lot 17

Manufactured 1886.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 44-40 WCF

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Two Antique Marlin Lever Action Rifles -A) Marlin Model 1895 Rifle

Two Antique Marlin Lever Action Rifles

Lot 19

Manufactured 1896.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 45-70, 44 WCF

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Two Marlin Lever Action Rifles -A) Marlin Model 1893 Rifle

Two Marlin Lever Action Rifles

Lot 23

Manufactured 1893-1935.

Antique

Curio and Relic

Caliber / Gauge: 38-55, 44 WCF

Price Realized:

Two Antique Marlin Lever Action Rifles -A) Marlin Model 1881 Rifle

Two Antique Marlin Lever Action Rifles

Lot 24

Manufactured 1883.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 40-60 Marlin, 32-20

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Winchester Model 1886 .50 Express Lever Action Rifle

Documented Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle in Desirable .50 Express with Factory Letter

Lot 25

Factory letter confirms the octagon barrel in .50-110 caliber and plain trigger as well as being received in the warehouse on May 17, 1890 and shipped the same day.

Documentation

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 50-110

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Lot 33

Manufactured 1892, Winchester factory proof on barrel.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 45-70

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Lot 36

Factory letter confirms the round barrel and plain trigger as well as being received in the warehouse on October 13, 1885 and shipped on November 20, 1885.

Documentation

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 44 WCF

Price Realized:

Antique Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle

Lot 41

Manufactured 1894.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 32 WCF

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Lot 42

Manufactured 1891.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 38-56 WCF

Price Realized:

Winchester Model 1866 Saddle Ring Carbine

Lot 43

Third model manufactured in 1874.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 44 RF

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Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action .40-70 W.C.F. Rifle

Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle in Scarce .40-70 W.C.F. with Factory Letter

Lot 44

Manufactured 1895. One of only 629 manufactured in .40-70 W.C.F. Factory letter confirms the octagon barrel in .40-70 caliber and plain trigger as well as received in the warehouse on November 9, 1895 and shipped on November 12, 1898.

Documentation

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 40-70

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Lot 55

Manufactured 1886.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 38 WCF

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Lot 63

Factory letter confirms the octagon barrel in .32 caliber and plain trigger as well as being received in the warehouse on February 26, 1889 and shipped on April 18, 1889.

Documentation

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 32 WCF

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Two Winchester Slide Action Rifles -A) Winchester Model 1890 .22 Short Rifle

Two Winchester Slide Action Rifles

Lot 65

Manufactured 1897.

Antique

Curio and Relic

Caliber / Gauge: 22 short, 22 S L LR

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Lot 69

Manufactured 1888.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 38-56 WCF

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Lot 71

Manufactured 1889, with set trigger (non-functioning).

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 38 WCF

Price Realized:

Two Antique Winchester Lever Action Rifles -A) Winchester Model 1886 Rifle

Two Antique Winchester Lever Action Rifles

Lot 72

Manufactured 1891.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 40-82 WCF, 44 WCF

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Lot 75

Manufactured 1891, subsequently re-chambered.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 45-70

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Two Winchester Model 1885 Single Shot Long Guns -A) U.S. Winchester Model 1885 Low Wall Winder Musket

Two Winchester Model 1885 Single Shot Long Guns

Lot 81

Manufactured 1918.

Antique

Curio and Relic

Caliber / Gauge: 22 short, 22

Price Realized:

Antique Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle

Lot 84

Manufactured 1887. Fleur-de-lis design on left of stock, "B.S." on right, diamond on the forearm, all in nails. Provenance: The Steven Preston Military Collection

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 40-82 WCF

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Massachusetts Arms Maynard Model 1873 Centerfire Sporting Rifle

Massachusetts Arms Co. Maynard Model 1873 Centerfire Sporting Rifle

Lot 85

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 40

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Four Single Shot Rolling Block Long Guns -A) Remington Rolling Block Rifle

Four Single Shot Rolling Block Long Guns

Lot 86

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 28, 43 Egyptian, 45, 43 Spanish

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Two Ballard Single Shot Sporting Rifles -A) Ball & Williams Ballard Rifle

Two Ballard Single Shot Sporting Rifles

Lot 89

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 38 CF, 32 Long

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Marlin Ballard No. 2 Sporting Single Shot Falling Block Rifle

Lot 90

Manufactured 1876-1891, replacement barrel marked ".45 Colt".

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 45 LC

Price Realized:

Four Martini Action Single Shot Rifles -A) Westley Richards Martini Rifle

Four Martini Action Single Shot Rifles

Lot 95

"1898" dated.

Antique

Curio and Relic

Caliber / Gauge: 22 hornet, 577-450, 303 British

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Four Antique Martini-Henry Single Shot Rifles -A) Enfield Martini-Henry Mk. III 1 Rifle

Four Antique Martini-Henry Single Shot Rifles

Lot 98

"1882" dated.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 577-450

Price Realized:

Two Single Shot Pistols -A) E. Woods Retailer Marked Parlor Pistol

Edmund Woods was active c. 1864-1891.

Lot 99

Two Single Shot Pistols

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 22 RF, 32 CF

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Two British Snider-Enfield Single Shot Breech Loading Military Rifles -A) Enfield Snider Mk. III Rifle with Pearl Inlaid Stock

Two British Snider-Enfield Breech Loading Military Rifles

Lot 104

"Crown/VR" and "1871/ENFIELD" marked lock, "3926" marked on underside of breech block, "4282" marked on right breech of barrel. Includes leather sling.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 577 Snider

Price Realized:

Four Antique Martini-Henry Single Shot Rifles -A) New Zealand Marked BSA Martini-Henry Mk. III 1 Rifle

Four Antique Martini-Henry Single Shot Rifles

Lot 105

"1886" dated. New Zealand "broad arrow/NZ" marked.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 577-450

Price Realized:

U.S. Springfield Model 1840 Flintlock Musket

Lot 107

"1840" dated lock, "1841 dated barrel tang. Initials "JMW" carved in underside of stock to the left of the trigger.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 69

Price Realized:

Two Antique Muzzleloading Long Guns -A) War of 1812 Era French & Kinsley U.S. 1808 Contract Flintlock Musket

Two Antique Muzzleloading Long Guns

Lot 108

"Eagle/US/CANTON" marked center of lock, "FRENCH/1809" marked tail of lock, "CT" sunken oval proof at breech ahead of a "U" (absent S), and circled cartouche on left stock flat. French, Blake and Kinsley awarded a 4,000 musket U.S. contract on October 20th, 1808; all believed delivered between 1810-1814.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 42, 69

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Rifled U.S. Simeon North Hall Model 1843 Carbine

Scarce Rifled U.S. Simeon North Hall Model 1843 Side Lever Percussion Carbine

Lot 109

"1851" dated breech.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 52

Price Realized:

U.S. Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket

Lot 110

"1850" dated lock, "1849" dated barrel tang.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 69

Price Realized:

Four Percussion Long Guns -A) Smith Back Action Shotgun

Four Percussion Long Guns

Lot 111

Lock marked "Smith." Barrel marked "LONDON."

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 74, 58, 16, 69

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Four Antique Single Shot Percussion Pistols -A) U.S. H. Aston & Co. Model 1842 Pistol

Four Antique Single Shot Percussion Pistols

Lot 114

"1851" dated lock.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 36, 60, 45, 44

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B. Homer Brass Barreled American Flintlock Pistol

Lot 115

"B.HOMER" marked lock. B. Homer is listed as an active gunmaker c. 1775-1806. Benjamin Homer (1731-1776) and his son, Benjamin Perrott Homer (1761-1838), were listed as merchants in Boston per Smith and Bitter in "Historic Pistols: The American Martial Flintlock, 1760-1845."

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 50

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Two Antique Percussion Pistols -A) U.S. Johnson Model 1836 Conversion Pistol

Two Antique Percussion Pistols

Lot 116

"1843" dated lock. Two oval script cartouches on left stock flat. Absent ramrod swivel.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 46, 54

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Colt First Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver

Lot 117

Manufactured in 1849.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 44

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Colt Model 1862 Pocket Navy Percussion Revolver

Lot 118

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 36

Price Realized:

Cased Factory Engraved Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver

Cased Factory Engraved Colt Model 1849 Pocket Percussion Revolver

Lot 119

Manufactured in 1856 and almost certainly engraved by Gustave Young's shop in his classic German-American style. With fitted case, cap tin, brass mold, L-shaped combination tool, and small eagle powder flask.

Has Box

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 31

Price Realized:

Two Antique Colt Single Action Revolvers -A) Pre-Civil War U.S. Colt Model 1851 Navy Percussion Revolver

Two Antique Colt Single Action Revolvers

Lot 120

Manufactured in 1857. "U.S." marked left of frame.

Antique

Caliber / Gauge: 36, 38 RF

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