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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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101 Pigeon Grade Lightweight |
28ga, 2 3/4" |
$4,250 |
| 28" O/U matted-vent-rib barrels with choke tubes. 14" pull from single- |
| selective trigger to thin black Winchester recoil pad. drop. Lightly figured |
| walnut stocks with beavertail forend, straight English grip, and point-pattern |
| checkering. Scroll engraved coin-finished receiver with hold-open toplever, |
| automatic ejectors, and manual top tang safety incorporating barrel selector. |
| Weight: 6lbs, 11oz. 99%blue. |
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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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1895 Takedown Rifle |
.30'06 |
$1,195 |
| 24" tapered round barrel with iron sights. Lightly figured walnut stocks with |
| classic point-pattern checkering. Casehardened action with top tang safety. |
| 13 3/8"pull to solid black Old English recoil pad. Limited Series. Appears |
| unfired. In original box. |
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1886 Deluxe Lightweight Rifle |
.45-70 |
$10,650 |
| 24" tapered round barrel with dovetailed bead front sight, twin folding-leaf |
| rear barrel sight, and 2/3"-length magazine. Figured walnut stocks with |
| casehardened forend tip, S-curved pistol grip with ebony inlay, H-pattern |
| checkering, tang peep sight and black composition shotgun buttplate. |
| Casehardened receiver with No.10-pattern engraving; a moose head on the |
| left. Originally built 1902. Retaining 99% barrel blue and 90% casehardening |
| colors. In vintage English full-length leather trunk case with period Rigby |
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64 Deluxe Rifle "The Deer Rifle" |
.30-30 Win. |
$2,495 |
| 24" tapered round barrel with hooded ramp front sight and buckhorn rear |
| sight. Checkered walnut stock with steel-capped pistol grip, SuperGrade |
| swivel studs and Model 70-type checkered steel shotgun buttplate. Mfd |
| 1952. 97% barrel & receiver blue. Excellent bore. |
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71 Standard Rifle |
.348 Win. |
$1,650 |
| 24" barrel with ramp front and Williams folding leaf rear sights. Lyman 57 |
| receiver peep sight. Mfd 1956. 99% barrel blue. 85% receiver blue. 50% |
| original checkered steel shotgun buttplate blue. |
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