Description
W384 FRENCH RETAILER MARKED NICKEL WINCHESTER 1866 SRC; Standard 20 inch carbine configuration chambered in 44 RF caliber. Blued barrel and mag tube with nickel receiver, hammer lever and butt plate. The top of the receiver is marked with the French retailer mark “Gunther & Cie Frt Strasbourg, 46 Paris”. Barrel has thinning original blue. Bore is a little rough with very light rifling. The nickel is about 80% present on the rest of the gun. It is possibly period, or dealer applied nickel. The wood is near excellent. Sharp markings and a crisp action. A good looking SRC with a rifle style butt plate. Made in 1870.
ANTIQUE $ 8,525.