4048 WINCHESTER 1873 RIFLE WITH INDIAN STYLE RAWHIDE

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Category Firearms & Military
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Start Price 2,500.00 USD
Estimated at 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD
WRAPPING. Cal. 32-20. Bbl is 24" oct w/ full length magazine. Stock and crescent steel buttplate have stitched rawhide wrapping with extensive brass tack ornamentation. Forearm and first 15 1/2" of bbl and mag tube have stitched rawhide wrapping w/ brass tack ornamentation. Small copper bells are held by leather wrappings around the wrist and around the forearm forward of the rear sight. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: letter from The Guns of History Inc. of Sioux Falls, SD dated May 8, 2019 and signed by Wendell Grangaard. Mr. Grangaard examined this rifle and its Togia markings. Togia is the pictorial language of the Plains Indians. Mr. Grangaard's interpretation of these markings attributes this rifle to a Crow Indian known as Curley who was born in approx 1856 on the little Rosebud River in Montana Territory. Curley enlisted as a scout for the US Army on April 10, 1876. He served w/ the 7th Cavalry under George Armstrong Custer accompanying them to the Battle of Little Big Horn, but did not participate in the battle. In addition to the letter are many pictures describing the markings that Mr. Grangaard observed on this rifle. CONDITION: visible metal exhibits a heavy brown patina w/ light general pitting. Rawhide covering over stock and forearm is in extremely good condition. Dust cover does not fully retract when action is cycled. Dark pitted bore w/ traces of rifling. (01-26507/DS). ANTIQUE. $5,000-7,500.