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Sporting & Collector Firearms Auction #1044

October 04, 2023 to October 06, 2023
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Sporting & Collector Firearms Auction #1044

October 04, 2023 to October 06, 2023
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Auction Time Summary
Preview DayTuesday, Oct 3rd10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
SESSION IWednesday, Oct 4th9 AMLots 1 through 1110
SESSION IIThursday, Oct 5th9 AMLots 2000 through 3130
SESSION IIIFriday, Oct 6th9 AMLots 4000 through 4975

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Lot 1
Winchester Model 1866 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1870 and subsequently reworked. Fitted with modern replacement barrel.
Antique
Caliber / Gauge: 44 Henry
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Lot 2
Winchester Model 1886 Takedown Rifle
Manufactured 1894.
Antique
Caliber / Gauge: 40-82 WCF
Lot 3
London Retailer Marked Winchester 1873 Rifle with Half Magazine
Manufactured 1884. "WATSON./PALL MALL.LONDON" retailer inscription on top of the dust cover. Scarce "button" half magazine.
Antique
Caliber / Gauge: 44-40 WCF
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Lot 4
Antique British Proofed Winchester Model 94 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1895 per WACA. British proofs on the right side of the barrel. And receiver.
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Caliber / Gauge: 38-55
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Lot 5
Framed Vintage Henry Poore Bear Dogs Print
41 1/4" x 32 1/2" frame, visible area of the print is 34 1/2" x 25", artist's signature in the lower left hand corner. The print is very good with minor fading and some scatter mild wear/creases. The period frame is fine, with some separation of the corners and some mild handling/storage wear and marks.
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Lot 6
Civil War Inscribed New Haven Arms Company Henry Rifle
Manufactured in 1863. Only around 14,000 Henry's 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. This example is not martially inspected, however, it bears an inscription to the Union soldier that carried it. The right sideplate is lightly inscribed "W.R. Minor/Co. D. 57th Indn". The National Parks Service Civil War soldier database lists a private William R. Minor in company D of the 57th Indiana Infantry. The top flat of the barrel has the two-line Henry's patent and New Haven address. The matching serial number is marked on the top flat of the barrel, left side of the lower tang, stock inlet, inside the buttplate, and on both of the buttplate screws. It is fitted with an iron blade front sight and folding ladder rear sight with 900 yard center notch. The sling swivel on the left of the barrel is absent and the left of the refinished stock retains its sling swivel and has the early "rounded heel" buttplate. The rifle has an old coat of varnish applied overall, and the mainspring feels slightly weak. Many of these Henry rifles saw hard use on the Western frontier after the Civil War, and they remain desirable in almost any condition, particularly with inscriptions to the soldiers that carried them during the war.
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Caliber / Gauge: 44 Henry RF
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Lot 7
Colt Model 1855 Full Stock Military Percussion Revolving Rifle
This is an example of a very desirable Colt Model 1855 Military Rifle manufactured from 1856 to 1864 with a total production of approximately 9,310. Re-welded frame and cylinder chambers restoring the gun which had blown up in a catastrophic failure.
Antique
Caliber / Gauge: 56
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Lot 8
Winchester Model 1866 Lever Action Saddle Ring Carbine
Manufactured 1872.
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Caliber / Gauge: 44 CF
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Lot 9
Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1898.
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Caliber / Gauge: 40-82 WCF
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Lot 10
Winchester Model 1894 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured 1903. Replacement magazine tube.
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Caliber / Gauge: 38-55
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Lot 11
Winchester First Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured 1875. Replacement dust. With leather sling.
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Caliber / Gauge: 44 WCF
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Lot 12
Winchester Model 1876 Lever Action Rifle with Factory Letter
The included factory letter confirms the current rifle configuration with an octagon barrel and plain trigger when it was received at the warehouse on August 15, 1878, and shipped on January 29, 1880, as part of order 18945. The magazine tube does not fully seat.
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Caliber / Gauge: 45
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Lot 13
Winchester Model 1895 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1902.
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Caliber / Gauge: 35 WCF
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Lot 14
Two Winchester Lever Action Carbines
Manufactured in 1898. Fitted with a rifle buttstock and a factory replacement barrel.
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Curio and Relic
Caliber / Gauge: 32 W.S., 30-30
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Lot 15
Antique Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1896.
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Caliber / Gauge: 38-70
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Lot 16
Winchester Model 94 .25-35 WCF Lever Action Flat Band Carbine
Manufactured in 1948.
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Caliber / Gauge: 25-35 WCF
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Lot 17
Antique Colt Lightning Small Frame Slide Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1896.
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Caliber / Gauge: 22 RF
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Lot 18
Winchester Model 95 Lever Action Saddle Ring Carbine
Manufactured in 1920. Front sight replaced. Muzzle recrowned.
Curio and Relic
Caliber / Gauge: 30-06
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Lot 19
Whitney-Kennedy Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured 1879-1886. Stock chipped at the toe.
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Caliber / Gauge: 44-40
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Lot 20
Colt Small Frame Lightning Slide Action Rifle with Tang Sight
Manufactured in 1900. Features a combination blade and globe front sight, adjustable rear sight, and a mid-range tang peep sight.
Curio and Relic
Caliber / Gauge: 22
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Lot 21
Whitney-Burgess-Morse Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured 1878-82. One of less than 3,000 produced.
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Caliber / Gauge: 45-70
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Lot 22
Marlin Model 93 Lever Action Rifle
Crack in wrist of stock.
Curio and Relic
Caliber / Gauge: 32-40
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Lot 23
Winchester Model 1892 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured 1929, rear sight elevator and front sight bead absent. Provenance: The Marvin L. Cole Collection
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Caliber / Gauge: 25-20 WCF
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Lot 24
Winchester Model 1890 Slide Action Rifle in .22 Long
Manufactured in 1908.
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Caliber / Gauge: 22 L
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Lot 25
Antique Engraved Colt Model 1883 Shotgun with Factory Letter
The included factory letter lists this shotgun as having 30 inch 10 gauge barrels with blue finish, wood stock, and a weight of 9 lbs. 15 oz and $10 worth of engraving in grade 2 configuration when shipped to W.S. Brown in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 23, 1887. Chambers measure 2 3/4", 14" LOP.
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Caliber / Gauge: 10
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Lot 26
Antique Colt Medium Frame Lighting Slide Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1886. Replacement hammer.
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Caliber / Gauge: 38
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Lot 27
Winchester Model 1892 Lever Action Carbine with Scabbard
Manufactured in 1914. With leather carbine scabbard.
Curio and Relic
Caliber / Gauge: 25-20 WCF
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Lot 28
Antique Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1888.
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Caliber / Gauge: 44 WCF
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Lot 29
Two American .22 Caliber Rifles
Manufactured in 1903.
Antique
Curio and Relic
Caliber / Gauge: 22, 22 CF
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Lot 30
Antique Winchester Model 1876 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1882.
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Caliber / Gauge: 45-60
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Lot 31
Winchester Model 1873 Rifle with Carved Stock
Manufactured 1888. With Pacific Northwest First Nations themed relief carved stock.
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Caliber / Gauge: 38 WCF
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Lot 32
Winchester Model 1894 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1905
Curio and Relic
Caliber / Gauge: 25-35
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Lot 33
Winchester Model 1866 Lever Action Musket
Manufactured 1870.
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Caliber / Gauge: 44 RF
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Lot 34
Civil War Era New Haven Arms Company Henry Lever Action Rifle
Henry's were manufactured in 1860-1866, and 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. The Civil War era, 1863 production barrel on this example is stamped with the name "CHAS. R. NAGLE", that may have been of the Union soldier that carried it. The top flat of the barrel has the two-line Henry's patent and New Haven address. The serial number "4489" is on the left side of the lower tang, "2770" on the top flat of the barrel, and "12538" is marked inside the buttplate. It is fitted with a German silver blade front sight and replacement notch rear sight. The rifle has been converted to centerfire, the sling swivel is absent from the left of the barrel, and the hammer does not hold at full cock.
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Caliber / Gauge: 44 CF
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Lot 35
Winchester First Model 1873 Lever Action Saddle Ring Carbine
Manufactured 1875. With leather sling and three piece cleaning rod.
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Caliber / Gauge: 44 WCF
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Lot 36
Kittredge & Co. Marked Brass Belt Cartridge Box for .44 RF
This design was patented by Augustus Bennett on January 27, 1863 (reissue April 14) and produced by B. Kittredge & Co; originally as an accessory for the Frank Wesson rifles the firm was selling. The box was readily adaptable for use with the .44 RF cartridge such as the one used in the Henry rifle, of which these have also been attributed as an accessory for a Henry rifle. Construction is solid brass with "B.KITTREDGE & Co CIN. O./PATENTED. JAN.27.1863/REISSUED APL.14.63" stamped on the spring loaded lid, brass belt loops and niter blued spring (turned to a brown with some light pitting), and a round body. Very good condition with an attractive golden aged patina.
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Lot 37
Antique Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1886. Barrel address remarked.
Antique
Caliber / Gauge: 38 WCF
Lot 38
Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Musket
Manufactured 1891. With leather sling.
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Caliber / Gauge: 44 WCF
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Lot 39
Antique Special Order Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1888. Lower tang, buttplate, and stock inlet marked "1602". Lower tang marked "CF".
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Caliber / Gauge: 40-82
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Lot 40
Winchester Model 1892 Lever Action Takedown Rifle
Manufactured in 1902.
Curio and Relic
Caliber / Gauge: 32 WCF
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Lot 41
Antique Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1890.
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Caliber / Gauge: 45-90 WCF
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Lot 42
Pawnee Bill's Frontier Exhibition Winchester Model 1873 & Knife
The rifle was manufactured in 1891 and has an etched panel on the right side plate reading "PAWNEE BILL's/FRONTIER/EXHIBITION." Includes a Bowie knife with a 13 5/8" blade with "PAWNEE BILL" on the right and "MAJ. G.W. LILLIE 1893" on the left, brass hilt, and horn grips (good with mottled gray and brown patina on the blade, aged patina on the brass, and general mild wear); a framed print of the "Two Bill's Show" group portrait, "PAWNEE BILLS 1911 TOUR" banner, "PAWNEE BILLS FAR EAST" banner, and "PAWNEE BILLS/HISTORICAL/WILD WEST/& FAR EAST" banner, "The Blazing Horizon" by Ernest Lynn, "Thrilling Lives of Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill" by Frank Winch, "Pawnee Bill: A Biography of Major Gordon W. Lillie" by Glenn Shirley, "Pawnee Bill" by Herman Edwin Mootz, 2011 souvenir program, "The Buffalo Bill Stories Devoted to the Far West: Buffalo Bill's Witchcraft or Pawnee Bill and the Snake Aztecs" Feb. 4, 1911, comic book; "The Buffalo Bill Stories Devoted to the Far West: Buffalo at Lone Tree Gap or Pawnee Bill in the Bear Pit" July 1, 1911, comic; "New Buffalo Bill Weekly Devoted to Far West Life: Buffalo Bill's Witchcraft" Sept. 8, 1917, comic; three additional comic issues printed, "Pawnee Bill's Original Wild West Show: Recollections of the 2010 Reenactment" DVD, and "In the Days of the Thundering Herd" with Tom Mix DVD. Gordon William Lillie (1860-1942) was better known as Pawnee Bill and was a Wild West showman. He was originally the Pawnee interpreter for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and later had his own "Pawnee Bill's Frontier Exhibition" in the late 1880s which included Annie Oakley in 1888 and "Pawnee Bill's Historical Wild West" ran with his wife May. They rejoined Buffalo Bill for the "Two Bills Show" in 1908. He and his wife also ran the Pawnee Bill Ranch in Pawnee, Oklahoma, where they had a bison herd and was an advocate for the preservation of the species.
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Caliber / Gauge: 38 WCF
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Lot 43
"Frontier Issued" Marlin Model 1881 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1884. Period Native American style tack decorations and rawhide wrapped repairs around the front end and wrist.
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Caliber / Gauge: 45-70 Government
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Lot 44
Winchester Model 1873 Saddle Ring Carbine with Factory Letter
The included factory letter states that the warehouse record for this carbine is blank aside from a shipment date of March 18, 1900. Three piece cleaning rod included,
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Curio and Relic
Caliber / Gauge: 44 CF
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Lot 45
Antique Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1891. Sights replaced.
Antique
Caliber / Gauge: 40-82 WCF
Lot 46
Winchester Model 1866 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1880.
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Caliber / Gauge: 44 Henry RF
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Lot 47
Engraved and Plated Winchester Model 1876 Lever Action Rifle
Serial number dates to 1882. Bison scenes on the side plates. "LD" monogram in a panel on the bottom of the frame. Single set trigger short range tang mounted peep sight. Swiss buttplate.
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Caliber / Gauge: 45-60
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Lot 48
Colt-Burgess Lever Action Rifle
One of 1,219 rifles with a round barrel manufactured 1883-85. This is the only lever action firearm made in any quantity in Colt's history.
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Caliber / Gauge: 44 WCF
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Lot 49
Two Winchester Model 1894 Lever Action Rifles
Manufactured in 1908. "T.B. Richardson" inscribed on the right of the barrel.
Curio and Relic
Caliber / Gauge: 30 WCF, 30-30 Win
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Lot 50
Antique Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1886.
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Caliber / Gauge: 38 WCF
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