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Winchester Model 1866 lever action carbine, period engraved with Mexican snake and eagle motif on

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Winchester Model 1866 lever action carbine,  period engraved with Mexican snake and eagle  motif on
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Winchester Model 1866 lever action carbine, period engraved with Mexican snake and eagle motif on the left side plate of the receiver and inscribed “Pedro G. Blanco” on the right side plate, blue finish to barrel assemblyand silver washed brass frame, wood stocks, #36033. This gun shows a classic “south of the border” look with heavy dark taffy colored patina to brass frame and traces of silver wash in protected areas, dark bore,good action, heavy brown patina to barrel, loading tube, lever, barrel bands, etc.; stocks are well-worn with pommel wear to fore stock and heavily worn, likely period-replaced butt stock with classicperiod Mexican frontier repairs and re-working of shape; importantly, the receiver is also stamped “W Y De G” on the right rear side for the legendary Mexico City gun dealer, Wexel & DeGress. This gun isaccompanied by a letter from noted Western author and collector Lee Silva indicating the carbine turned up on a ranch outside of Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2007, and has been in his personal collection since that time.