Project Description
!!!!!SOLD!!!!! This is a 47% scale Winchester Model 1866 octagon barrel rifle by Uberti in Italy. 20 3/8″ long overall with a 11 7/16″ .21 caliber rifled octagon barrel. All steel parts are nicely blued and 99.9%. The brass parts are all gold plated as is normal for the Uberti 66’s. The wood is highly figured French walnut with beautiful cross grain figure, the buttstock with a straight grip. Serial # 324 is stamped into the lower tang. Full magazine, crescent buttplate with the trap door for a cleaning rod (rod not included). Checkered hammer spur, the sides of the hammer polished and in the white. The rear sight has the distance graduation markings. Under the rear sight is the normal Uberti stamping. The barrel is plugged at the breech as are all of the Uberti rifles. The condition is mint. Uberti 1866 octagon barrel rifles are scarce as they were probably less than 10% of production, most of the production being round barrel carbines. This particular rifle was made very near the end of production. !!!!!SOLD!!!!!
