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 the steel parts are nicely blued. 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. Serial # 316 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 new. Uberti 1866 octagon barrel rifles are scarce as they were probably less than 10% of production, most of the production of less than 400 pieces being round barrel carbines. The hinged top mahogany case has magnetic latches. The top of the case with some nice figure.The interior is French fit and lined in a russet suede leather. The interior lid laser etched with a figure of the Winchester horse & rider logo, then “WINCHESTER, RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS, 1866 “Yellowboy” Rifles” in three lines. The case is very well made out of wood of substantial thickness & is heavy. !!!!!SOLD!!!!!
