S/N 16761, .44 rimfire caliber, 20 inch barrel Winchester Model 1866 saddle ring carbine. Blue barrel, brass frame, original barrel sight moved from barrel to frame, walnut rifle butt stock, walnut forearm. Frame, wood and butt plate match. Circa 1867. Condition: good bore, mottled silver to plum barrel, smooth uncleaned brass frame, very good wood with use dings, excellent mechanically, very good marks.
From the Lott family. Includes signed letter from Mortimer “Junior” Lott, great grandson of Mortimer H. Lott.
Provenance: From the Montana History Collection of Jerry "Buzz" Nyhart.
From the Junior Lott letter:
“I only wish that gun could talk, for it was there through much of the history of Madison County. Where they acquired it, I can not be certain, but one of the Lotts probably bought it new in 1867 through the store in Nevada City.”
Lot 97, Sold $11,210.
Brian Lebel's Mesa Old West Auction - January 23, 2021. Mesa, AZ.