Sold for $3,300

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Lot Description

**Pre-64 Winchester Model 52B Sporter Rifle

.22 LR. 24" barrel length. SN: 59921B (mfg. ca.1947). Blued metal finish with matte blued receiver and bolt handle, polished bolt, and walnut semi-pistol grip stock with bordered checkering to the wrist and forend. Bolt action repeating target rifle fed by detachable single-stack magazines. Rifle mounts Lyman model 57FH pattern rear sight and a fully hooded front brass bead sight on a matted ramp. Both the barrel and receiver display the Winchester monogram firing proof, in addition to address markings. Receiver reads MADE IN U.S.A. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO./-NEW HAVEN. CONN.-PATENTED- with the barrel displaying the standard MODEL 52-22 L.RIFLE- marking. Rifle comes with one magazine with the floorplate struck MADE IN U.S.A./WINCHESTER/TRADE MARK/PAT. NOV. 25, 1919. Item mounts front and rear sling loops, a checkered steel buttplate with widow's peak, and a hard rubber semi-pistol grip cap reading WINCHESTER REPEATING/ARMS CO. The underside of the forend features three bordered checkered diamonds with the central one surrounding the forward stock screw. Trigger plate is struck SPORTING. Rear sight is missing the screw-in aperture.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Condition Report

Very Good. Bore is Minty with sharp rifling throughout. Blued metal finish shows some brown patination forming at the muzzle, scratch to the triggerguard, a scuff to the right forward edge of the receiver, flecking on the buttplate. Some further scattered light scratches over the triggerguard and plate. Forend cap finish is flaking with the semi-pistol grip likewise showing some age discolorations and flaking to the finish. The rear sight is bent downward and is missing the screw-in rear peep.

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