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Steven
Dodd Hughes |
Custom
Winchester 1873 |
.44-40
Win. |
$12,975 |
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22"
matted-top, octagon-to-round Douglas barrel, transitioning again to
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round
just at the breech, with nickel-silver blade front sight, button half- |
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magazine
and no rear barrel sight. Fully figured California English walnut
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stock
with casehardened forend tip, short forend, classic point-pattern 26- |
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LPI
checkering with mullered borders, ebony-inlaid S-curve pistol grip,
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sweeping
beaded cheekpiece, and smooth casehardened steel shotgun |
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buttplate. Blued receiver, fine scroll engraved by William Gamradt, with
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factory
single-set trigger, casehardened hammer and loading lever, fire- |
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blued
loading gate, and Winchester Model 62B folding tang peep sight. |
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Pull: 13
3/4". Weight: 7lbs, 15oz. Completed in 1999. Barrel and action |
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retaining 99% blue, the barrel with no Winchester markings---simply an inset |
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gold SDH
touchmark at breech---the hammer, lever, forend cap and |
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buttplate retaining virtually 100% casecolors. Excellent bore. Subject of
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entire
final chapter of Hughes' "Custom Rifles in Black & White", 1999. |
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1886
Takedown Custom Deluxe |
.45-70 |
$2,195 |
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26" full
octagon barrel with full magazine, blade front and folding leaf rear
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sights.
Folding tang peep sight, with skeletonized base to expose top tang
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safety.
Custom stocked with fully figured, oil-finished, American black |
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walnut
by Richard Beck of Columbia Precision, Timnath, Colorado with H- |
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pattern
checkering, ebony-inlaid S-curve pistol grip, perch belly buttstock
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with
beaded cheekpiece, sling studs and Winchester red rubber recoil pad.
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Pull: 15
1/4". Weight: 10lbs, 11oz. Originally Miroku mfd 1998. With |
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instruction manuals. 99%+blue. |
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94
Carbine |
.30-30
Win. |
$995 |
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20"
round barrel with full magazine. Plain walnut stock with checkered steel
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buttplate. Mfd 1957. 99% blue throughout. |
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26" full
octagon Nickel Steel barrel with Beach combination front sight, |
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Winchester Express rear sight with platinum lines. Full magazine. Straight
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grained
walnut with crescent steel buttplate. Casehardened hammer and lever. |
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Mfd
1901. 97% barrel blue. 95% magazine blue (and a repaired dent). 60%
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receiver
blue. No extra holes. Excellent bore. Factory letter. |
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26" full
octagon barrel of Nickel steel with solder-bead front sight, |
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Winchester Express rear sight, stamped BROWNING BROS CO, OGDEN |
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U. Full
magazine. Marble tang peep sight. Straight grained walnut with |
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crescent
steel buttplate. Mfd 1911. 97% barrel blue. 98% magazine blue. |
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40%
receiver blue. No extra holes. Excellent bore. |
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1895
Deluxe Rifle |
.303
British |
$4,995 |
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28"
tapered round barrel with blade front sight and blanking plate in rear
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sight
dovetail. Lyman #21 receiver sight. Solid frame. H-checkered, highly
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figured,
oil-finished walnut stock with straight grip, checkered hardrubber
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shotgun
buttplate and ebony-inlaid schnabel forend. Pull: 13 1/4". Weight:
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8lbs,
5oz. Mfd 1912. 98% barrel blue. 80% receiver blue. Good bore. |
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21
Custom Engraved by Hans Obiltschnig |
12ga, 2
3/4" |
$11,450 |
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28" SxS
dovetailed-chopper-lump barrels with solid matted rib choked |
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improved
cylinder & modified, gold-banded at breech and muzzles. 14 |
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1/8"pull
from blued single selective trigger to checkered butt. 1 7/16 - 2 1/4"
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drop. No
castoff. Fully figured European walnut stock with [factory braced]
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beavertail forend, straight English grip, flat sidepanels, and classic
point- |
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pattern
checkering. Bolstered sidepanel, French gray action with automatic
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ejectors
and automatic top tang safety. Extensively scroll, deep-chiseled
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game
scene and gold inlaid by Hans Obiltschnig---and signed by him on
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triggerguard tang: Three pheasants on left, three ducks on right, a gold
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pointer
and two grouse on underside, all inlaid in raised gold and with |
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extensive gold borderline inlay. Weight: 7lbs, 3oz. S/N: 319xx. In dark
brown |
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leather
trunk case with leather Winchester Model 21 trade label. |
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21
Deluxe
Skeet Grade, Two Barrel Set |
12ga, 2
3/4" & 3" |
$17,975 |
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28" SxS
matted ventilated rib barrels with red front bead and steel middle
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bead,
with 2 3/4" chambers, marked SKEET 1 & SKEET 2 but actually |
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choked
improved cylinder & modified. 30" SxS matted ventilated rib barrels
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with
steel front and middle beads, with 3" chambers, marked MOD & FULL
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and so
choked. Both barrel sets with dovetailed-chopper-lumps, scroll |
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engraved
and with double gold ribs at breech and with ribs engraved |
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CUSTOM
BUILT BY WINCHESTER. 14 1/8"pull from gold-plated single |
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selective trigger to checkered wood butt. 1 1/2" - 2 1/2" drop. No castoff.
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Fully
figured American black walnut stock, with separate factory-braced
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beavertail forends for each barrel set, steel-capped pistol grip, and
factory |
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21-B
checkering and carving. Roundside action with automatic ejectors and
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manual
top tang safety. Extensively scroll and game scene engraved by |
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Arnold
Griebel, with deep-chiseled fences, a setter and pointer flushing
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three
pheasants on left, a fox flushing three mallards on right, an eagle
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attacking a bird on the underside, and a ruffed grouse on the
triggerguard--- |
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all
inlaid in raised carved gold. Weights: 7lbs, 12oz with 28" barrels; 7lbs,
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14oz
with 30" barrels. In Abercrombie & Fitch leather trunk case and with
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heavy
canvas overcase. With Cody Firearms Records Office information |
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confirming both sets of barrels, pistol grip stock with pad, and 21-B
carving, |
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with
inspection finished August 14, 1953. Mechanically excellent, retaining
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99%
blue, the gold inlays crisp and unworn, tight and with excellent bores. |
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70
Alaskan Rifle |
.338
Win. |
$2,650 |
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25"
barrel with hooded ramp front sight and folding rear sight. Monte Carlo
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stock
with classic point-pattern checkering, swivel studs and Winchester
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red
rubber recoil pad. Jeweled bolt and follower. Pull: 13 5/8". Weight: 7lbs,
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14oz.
Mfd 1960. Stock refinished to new. Blue thinning on bolt knob. 99%+
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barrel
and action blue. |
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70
Standard Rifle |
.375 H&H
Mag. |
$2,995 |
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25"
tapered round barrel with hooded ramp front sight and barrel
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tie-down. Checkered walnut stock with sling swivels, Monte Carlo comb and |
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original
Winchester recoil pad. Lyman 48 receiver sight fitted without |
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cutting
any wood. Pull: 13 5/8". Weight: 8lbs, 13oz. Matching numbered |
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bolt.
Barrel dated 54. Mfd 1955. 99% original blue with the only discernable
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wear
being a touch of thinning on the bolt knob. Some extra finish possibly
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added to
the wood. Excellent bore. |
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71
Pre-War, Deluxe Short Rifle |
.348
Win. |
$9,250 |
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20"
barrel with hooded integral-ramp front sight. Long tangs. Super Grade
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swivel
studs. Checkered walnut stock with capped pistol grip and original
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checkered steel buttplate. Bolt peep sight. Checkered hammer. No extra
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holes.
Mfd 1937. 99% barrel blue. 99% receiver blue. 20% buttplate blue.
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Excellent bore. Exceedingly rare. |
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