Project Description

!!!!!SOLD!!!!!  This is a 1/3 scale Winchester Model 1866 saddle ring carbine made by master miniature maker David Kucer of Canada.  13 1/8″ long overall with a 6 5/8″ round barrel of .132 caliber.  Blue finished machined steel except for the brass frame, sideplates cartridge lifter, crescent buttplate, and buttplate trap door.  Mechanically fully functional.  Typical carbine flip rear sight.  The front sight made integral with the front barrel band.  Checkered hammer spur, the hammer with both half & full cock.  Two piece rosewood stocks with some nice figure.  The top of the barrel marked “HENRY’S PATENT OCT 16 1860, KING’S PATENT MARCH 29 1866” in two lines.  The bottom tang marked “11” & “D. KUCER”.  Functional buttplate trap door which contains the original four piece steel cleaning rod which is finished in the white.  Complete with the original Kucer hinged top oak case with two slide latches.  The top right front corner inlaid with a rectangular escutcheon of the Kucer coat of arms.  The case interior French fit & lined in a light brown felt.  Near mint condition, I’d call it 99%, with only some expected age patina to the brass parts.  This is the first one of these I have ever been able to offer for sale in over 30 years!  Stock # JT-29.  !!!!!SOLD!!!!!