Mike Barrett 1/2 Scale Winchester Model 1890 .22 Caliber Pump Action Rifle Engraved By Roger Sampson

This is a 1/2 scale Winchester Model 1890 .22 caliber pump or slide action rifle made by master miniature maker Mike Barrett of Minnesota.  18 13/16″ long overall with a 10 9/16″ octagon barrel of .112 caliber.  Blued machined steel metal parts with a two piece straight grained walnut forearm & straight grip buttstock.  The forearm with the typical “corn cob” configuration with 12 grooves and a single blued screw on each side.  Crescent buttplate.  Checkered hammer spur, the hammer with both half & full cock.   Knurled take down screw & inner magazine tube end.  Dovetailed windage adjustable front sight, the rear sight held in place by a screw & elevation adjustable.  The serial number “413146” engraved into the lower front of the frame and the lower receiver tang.  The barrel hand engraved with the proper Winchester markings “MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., NEW HAVEN CONN. PAT. JUNE 26, 88, DEC. 6, 92, NOV. 27, 06” in two lines then “-MOD 1890-“, then the “P” over “W” Winchester proof mark at the breech end of the barrel all on the top barrel flat.  The left top barrel flat engraved “22 LONG” near the breech.  The top front of the receiver also with the engraved Winchester proof mark.  The upper receiver tang engraved “REG. IN U.S. PAT. OFF., -WINCHESTER-, -TRADE MARK-“, in three lines.  The left side of the triggerguard engraved “M. J. BARRETT”.  Both sides of the receiver, the top of the bolt, & the top of the buttplate tang beautifully scroll engraved by master engraver Roger Sampson with an engraved round panel scene of a squirrel on a tree limb on the left side.   Roger’s name signed on the receiver bottom just forward of the triggerguard.  Fully functional but non-firing.  Near mint as made condition.  Price $8,500.00.