With that sight package and shiny relined bore I think you may have a fun gun to shoot silly wet matches with. You may be right about the price as it has little appeal as a collector piece. I'm thinking it's a pretty good shooter, or at least one previous custodian thought so.

Mike

Ben said
I have Axil reproduction sights from the 1950's... still in original cellophane wrapping.  I also have a King "Triple Bead" sight that is made for that rifle.  Ben
  

Ben, do you have any other Axtel sights?  I met the guy in Greeley that bought out all the Axtel stuff when his wife sold everything off but he doesn't have anything to sell. 

Burt Humphrey said
206 matted barrel 86's (all calibers) is correct - the Summer 2007 Winchester Collector has an article discussing it.

Thanks for info Burt and Bill

John D. said

win4575 said
You're right about the mag tube being a probable replacement and the receiver sight is not factory.  The barrel has also been relined.
  

Relined, eh?  I thought it looked too nice for such an old black powder gun.  🙂 The rifling is sharp and shiny.
  

Definitely relined.  Look closely at the muzzle face and you can see the ring. Further, the very deep chamfer at the bore entrance is not typical Winchester work.  The sharp and bright rifling is also a clue... 138-year old black powder rifles in used condition almost never have a bore in that condition.

I suspect that the butt stock is also a replacement.  More than likely that rifle will letter with a standard crescent rifle butt.

Bert

win4575 said
You're right about the mag tube being a probable replacement and the receiver sight is not factory.  The barrel has also been relined.
  

Relined, eh?  I thought it looked too nice for such an old black powder gun.  🙂 The rifling is sharp and shiny.

Price tag was $2,000, though, which I thought maybe was a bit high for this gun. If you more knowledgeable 1886 folks would take a look at the pics and tell me what you think, I would be grateful.

I thought I took a picture of the serial number, but it looks like I missed that.  I did look it up on the forum tool while there, and as I recall it dated to 1888.

THREEDFLYER said
Thank you Michael for the added info and the links to the two auction listings.....very helpful!!
  

Glad that it is useful.  Good luck.

Michael

Tony. R said
Buckinghams in Brazil TN would have a ton of those sights
  

I do not believe that Buckingham's still exists. Old Albert passed away a good number of years ago, and I believe that his entire collection of parts & sights was auctioned off.

Bert