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Very nice special order carbine, 3 listed with 16″ mag 2 listed fancy stock non checked, carbine butt. 

  The gun looks honest, everything seems to have worn together. It has caliber and condition against it and the magazine length and wood for it.  The condition holds back the value of the fancy wood and no saddle ring even though it letters is not a plus. If it feeds and fires it would be fun to shoot. $5000 to the right person. Not a gun you see so hard to pick a number. T/R

Here’s another listing for this same carbine.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/win-1886-carbine-sn-83984-40-82-wcf-4822054556

 Steve,

 You must have wanted it bad if you remember it 35 years later. Did you have to subscribe to get his catalog or were you on his buyer list? I think he sent them out to his regular buyers first then a few days later to potential buyers. I bought a few guns the same day I received the catalog. T/R

Anthony said
This is some pretty amazing detective work here by the members. I agree with TR, Steve, you’re memory is pretty good on things, and for Ian to remember a listing also on Worthpoint, is also remarkable to me.

This added information can at least give the owner, looking for a value, a starting point.

Thank you for the credit where credit, actually, is not due.  I googled Winchester 1886 carbine and the serial number and that’s what comes up.  One should ALWAYS Google a firearm by serial number that one is researching to see what comes up, even if it’s nothing.

I would have not thought to google the serial number

I remember life without computers quite well.  That’s because so much of my life was lived before they came along

Let me add – for the past half century plus, it’s been very easy for me to remember M1886’s – especially special ones.  The ’86 carbine has always been a focus for me.  Because most of those that I have seen have been standard carbines, special order carbines stick with me easily.