SPECIAL ORDER LIGHTWEIGHT TAKEDOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SPECIAL ORDER LIGHTWEIGHT TAKEDOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 30 WCF (30-30). SN 47142. Standard grade rifle with 26” extra light weight, rapid taper rnd bbl, half magazine with special pedestal mounted, half nickel front sight & 3-leaf, platinum line, carbine express rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain, American walnut with straight stock & Winchester embossed, hard rubber shotgun buttplate. Accompanied by Cody Firearms Museum letter, fully identifying this rifle as “Extra Light” with half magazine and rubber shotgun butt. It was shipped Sept. 15, 1898. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains 95-97% strong, bright, orig factory blue with a few spots of fine pitting. Magazine tube retains about 85% orig blue and forend cap about 80% with a spot of pitting. Receiver, overall retains 80-85% orig blue, strong on sides, thinning over top & bottom. Lever has traces of case colors on sides with balance turned silver and hammer retains about 95% orig case colors. Wood is sound with forearm retaining about 50% orig varnish and buttstock about 90% orig varnish with light nicks & scratches and a bruise on right side of butt. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore, frosty in the grooves. 4-30654 JR319 (4,500-6,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007

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
	1080	$4,887.00	SPECIAL ORDER LIGHTWEIGHT TAKEDOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 30 WCF (30-30). SN 47142. Standard grade rifle with 26” extra light weight, rapid taper rnd bbl, half magazine with special pedestal mounted, half nickel front sight & 3-leaf, platinum line, carbine express rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain, American walnut with straight stock & Winchester embossed, hard rubber shotgun buttplate. Accompanied by Cody Firearms Museum letter, fully identifying this rifle as “Extra Light” with half magazine and rubber shotgun butt. It was shipped Sept. 15, 1898. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains 95-97% strong, bright, orig factory blue with a few spots of fine pitting. Magazine tube retains about 85% orig blue and forend cap about 80% with a spot of pitting. Receiver, overall retains 80-85% orig blue, strong on sides, thinning over top & bottom. Lever has traces of case colors on sides with balance turned silver and hammer retains about 95% orig case colors. Wood is sound with forearm retaining about 50% orig varnish and buttstock about 90% orig varnish with light nicks & scratches and a bruise on right side of butt. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore, frosty in the grooves. 4-30654 JR319 (4,500-6,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007 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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