EARLY DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 20041. Cal. 38-55. Second year production 94 with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, gold bead Sheard front sight, flat top rear sight & locking Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with 2-3X burl & flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “3653” & “XXX”. Matching assembly number is also found on rear face of buttstock along with “94” & inside toe of buttplate. These early 94s are rarely found with deluxe configuration, they were simply too expensive for the ordinary working man to afford. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal. 38-55 with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered pistol grip stock and Lyman rear sight received in warehouse Mar. 11, 1897 and shipped same day to order number “4083”. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 60-70% thin orig blue turning to medium patina on the magazine tube; receiver retains 60-70% thin orig blue on the sides with the top & bottom edges worn to bare metal; lever & hammer are also a gray patina; buttstock has a crack in the toe through the bottom buttplate screw hole, otherwise wood is sound showing heavy use and retains a dark restored finish with dark oil staining around the wrist. Mechanics are fine; strong bore with good shine, frosty in the grooves. 4-50599 JR313 (3,500-5,000) – Lot 1075

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1075	$5,462.50	EARLY DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 20041. Cal. 38-55. Second year production 94 with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, gold bead Sheard front sight, flat top rear sight & locking Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with 2-3X burl & flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “3653” & “XXX”. Matching assembly number is also found on rear face of buttstock along with “94” & inside toe of buttplate. These early 94s are rarely found with deluxe configuration, they were simply too expensive for the ordinary working man to afford. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal. 38-55 with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered pistol grip stock and Lyman rear sight received in warehouse Mar. 11, 1897 and shipped same day to order number “4083”. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 60-70% thin orig blue turning to medium patina on the magazine tube; receiver retains 60-70% thin orig blue on the sides with the top & bottom edges worn to bare metal; lever & hammer are also a gray patina; buttstock has a crack in the toe through the bottom buttplate screw hole, otherwise wood is sound showing heavy use and retains a dark restored finish with dark oil staining around the wrist. Mechanics are fine; strong bore with good shine, frosty in the grooves. 4-50599 JR313 (3,500-5,000) – Lot 1075 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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EARLY DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.