^Lot 3230 WINCHESTER MODEL 53 CUSTOM ENGRAVED LEVER ACTION

RIFLE. Cal. 44 WCF. S#. 6254. Bbl. 22" tapered round. Brass bead front, filler in rear dovetail with combination tang sight. Button mag. The action has fine custom unsigned hand engraving similar to style 6 with gold borders, Game scenes feature a wild boar on the right side, running whitetail buck on the left with a bear on the bottom. Custom forend and straight grip stock of nicely grained walnut. Fancy borderless hand checkering has oak leaf highlights against stippled backgrounds. LOP. is 13 1/4" to a Winchester plastic buttplate. mfg. 1926. CONDITION: metal retains over 95% reblued finish showing spots of freckling on the bbl. wood has good finish with handling marks and mildew spots. the stock has small chips around the top tang. Sound action. Very good bright bore shows a few small spots of very light pitting. (25-1299/DS). CURIO. $3,000-5,000.