Guns International #: 101349396
Seller's Inventory #: 190828

Category - Winchester Rifles - Bolt Action - Military Rifles - Antique

Category
Winchester Rifles - Bolt Action
Military Rifles - Antique

1879 Antique US NAVY WINCHESTER-HOTCHKISS Rifle Bolt Action .45-70 GOVT Rifle Made in 1879

Description:
1879 Antique US NAVY WINCHESTER-HOTCHKISS Rifle

Bolt Action .45-70 GOVT Rifle Made in 1879

Here we present an antique Winchester-Hotchkiss Bolt Action Navy Rifle in .45-70 GOVT, manufactured in 1879 in New Haven, Connecticut. The Winchester-Hotchkiss rifle was first conceived by Benjamin B. Hotchkiss in 1875 and by 1877 he had four US patents on the design which was sold to the Winchester company in early 1877. This was Winchester’s first bolt action rifle and their first firearm with a magazine fed from the butt stock. It was marketed for military applications as well as a hunting rifle, but it would not see widespread use in the US military, making this Navy Anchor marked example hard to come by. It was a quite modern firearm for the time, a big-bore, bolt action rifle.

This one is a First Model Navy Rifle with a 28-3/4 inch barrel of which only 1,474 were made, making this quite rare. 6-shot tubular magazine. Magazine cutoff located on the right side. In addition to the inspection marks on the barrel, this one still bears the inspector’s cartouche “SWP”, dated 1879 on the left side of the stock.

The overall condition is very good. The stock shows requisite wear. The bore is bright with sharp rifling. The action is excellent. Don’t miss this one!

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 28-3/4 inches.

Caliber: .45-70 Government

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$3400

#190828
 

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Antique: Yes