Winchester Model 1866 Saddle Ring Carbine

S/N 16761, .44 rimfire caliber, 20 inch barrel Winchester Model 1866 saddle ring carbine. Blue barrel, brass frame, original barrel sight moved from barrel to frame, walnut rifle butt stock, walnut forearm. Frame, wood and butt plate match. Circa 1867. Condition: good bore, mottled silver to plum barrel, smooth uncleaned brass frame, very good wood with use dings, excellent mechanically, very good marks.

From the Lott family. Includes signed letter from Mortimer “Junior” Lott, great grandson of Mortimer H. Lott.

Provenance: From the Montana History Collection of Jerry "Buzz" Nyhart.

From the Junior Lott letter:
“I only wish that gun could talk, for it was there through much of the history of Madison County. Where they acquired it, I can not be certain, but one of the Lotts probably bought it new in 1867 through the store in Nevada City.”

Lot 97, Sold $11,210.
Brian Lebel's Mesa Old West Auction - January 23, 2021. Mesa, AZ.

Sharps Original Metallic Cartridge Sporting Rifle

S/N C53597, .44 caliber, 32 inch barrel Sharps Sporting rifle. “Hartford” collar, blue and case color finish, walnut stock and forearm, Hartford forearm cap, extra figure wood, double set triggers, original barrel and front sight, tang sight referred to in letter is not present. Circa 1872. Condition: excellent bore, 80% barrel blue thinning, 60% shadowy case colors on receiver, wood is shrunken slightly, excellent mechanically, excellent marks.

Included Sharps letter states shipment to Walter Cooper, Bozeman, M.T.

Provenance: From the Montana History Collection of Jerry "Buzz" Nyhart.

Walter Cooper at age 12 ran away from home and headed west. He opened his firearms business in December of 1868 and ordered his first Sharps rifle in September 1871. He went out of business in 1884.

Lot 228, Sold $20,060.
Brian Lebel's Mesa Old West Auction - January 23, 2021. Mesa, AZ.

Winchester Model 1876 Deluxe .50 Express

S/N 29758, .50-90 caliber, 28 inch extra heavy barrel Winchester Model 1876 Deluxe. Case hardened receiver, set trigger, checkered pistol grip stock, original tang and beeches folding front sight, original barrel sight, factory swivels. Circa 1882. Condition: very good bore, 80% plum silver barrel, 60% shadowy case colors on frame, excellent wood, excellent mechanically, excellent marks.

Winchester Factory letter included, states all of the above special features are correct.

Provenance: From the Montana History Collection of Jerry "Buzz" Nyhart.

Lot 238. Sold $26,550.
Brian Lebel's Mesa Old West Auction - January 23, 2021. Mesa, AZ.