WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USA A GOOD .40-82 (WIN) LEVER-ACTION SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL 1886

WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS, USA A GOOD .40-82 (WIN) LEVER-ACTION SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL '1886 SPECIAL ORDER', serial no. 62670, for 1891, with blued octagonal 26in. barrel, the top signed 'MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW-HAVEN CONN. U.S.A', beaded blade fore-sight, buckhorn rear-sight, slab-sided receiver retaining virtually full colour, blued bolt and hammer, top-tang marked 'MODEL 1886', walnut pistol-grip butt-stock with iron crescent heel-plate, colour hardened iron finger-lever, walnut fore-end and blued nose-cap, fitted with a half-length tubular under-barrel magazine, overall length 44 3/4in., weight approximately 9 1/2lb. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament