A deactivated .44-40 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 121172A With some moving parts, the 'Third Model' receiver with dust cover and integral slide, factory-engraved with bold foliate-scrollwork on a stippled ground, the left side-plate with a vignette of a whitetail buck in its natural surroundings, the highly-figured stock with steel butt-plate engraved en suite and trap (with four-piece cleaning rod), the octagonal barrel engraved Winchester's-Repeating Arms. New Haven. CT. King's-Improvement-Patented-March 29. 1866. October 16. 1860. with full-length magazine-tube, Beach combination foresight and flat-buckhorn rear-sight with adjustable centre insert 20in. barrel Together with its deactivation certificate dated 2019 Fußnoten Provenance Winchester Gun Museum letter:- Rifle, 32 caliber, octagon barrel, case-hardened receiver, checkered stock, set trigger, engraved $2.50, shipped from the factory April 26 1883, appears to be an order of ten Cody Firearms Museum Letter:- Rifle, 32 caliber, octagon barrel, set trigger, checkered stock, sporting leaf sight, casehardened, engraved $2.50, sling & swivels, received April 10 1883, shipped April 26 1883, order number 3188 Allen Gun Shop, Box 226, Jamestown, North Dakota, receipt:- price $148, rifle, Winchester, 1873 model, lever type, 44-40 caliber, full magazine, 20" barrel, octagon barrel, left factory April 26 1883, casehardened receiver and set trigger finish, Engraved Action with letter of authenticity from Winchester. Replaced wood with Deluxe 3X origi. wood from #605, Bought from Eugene Allen, Allen Gun Shop, Box 226, Jamestown, North Dakota, May 20 1961, $143.50, replaced stock $8.50 Lewis Yearout 1980. Estate Collection of Lewis and Leyton Yearout. James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, 7 & 9 October 2014, Lot 2032 Literature R.L. Wilson, Winchester Engraving, 1989, 2nd ed. See p. 190 for illustration of similar engraving and mention of this rifle as a comparison
A deactivated .44-40 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 121172A With some moving parts, the 'Third Model' receiver with dust cover and integral slide, factory-engraved with bold foliate-scrollwork on a stippled ground, the left side-plate with a vignette of a whitetail buck in its natural surroundings, the highly-figured stock with steel butt-plate engraved en suite and trap (with four-piece cleaning rod), the octagonal barrel engraved Winchester's-Repeating Arms. New Haven. CT. King's-Improvement-Patented-March 29. 1866. October 16. 1860. with full-length magazine-tube, Beach combination foresight and flat-buckhorn rear-sight with adjustable centre insert 20in. barrel Together with its deactivation certificate dated 2019 Fußnoten Provenance Winchester Gun Museum letter:- Rifle, 32 caliber, octagon barrel, case-hardened receiver, checkered stock, set trigger, engraved $2.50, shipped from the factory April 26 1883, appears to be an order of ten Cody Firearms Museum Letter:- Rifle, 32 caliber, octagon barrel, set trigger, checkered stock, sporting leaf sight, casehardened, engraved $2.50, sling & swivels, received April 10 1883, shipped April 26 1883, order number 3188 Allen Gun Shop, Box 226, Jamestown, North Dakota, receipt:- price $148, rifle, Winchester, 1873 model, lever type, 44-40 caliber, full magazine, 20" barrel, octagon barrel, left factory April 26 1883, casehardened receiver and set trigger finish, Engraved Action with letter of authenticity from Winchester. Replaced wood with Deluxe 3X origi. wood from #605, Bought from Eugene Allen, Allen Gun Shop, Box 226, Jamestown, North Dakota, May 20 1961, $143.50, replaced stock $8.50 Lewis Yearout 1980. Estate Collection of Lewis and Leyton Yearout. James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, 7 & 9 October 2014, Lot 2032 Literature R.L. Wilson, Winchester Engraving, 1989, 2nd ed. See p. 190 for illustration of similar engraving and mention of this rifle as a comparison
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