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2025
$14,375.00

*RARE INSCRIBED DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION CARBINE. SN 580761. Cal. 32 WS. Spectacular carbine with 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine, two bands with Lyman 3-bead front sight, no rear seat and a Lyman 21 side-mount receiver sight. Mounted with highly figured, about 2X, American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and straight stock with smooth steel carbine buttplate. Top of bbl is engraved in block letters “PROPERTY OF HERBERT W. HEGELE M.D. PORTLAND, OREGON”. Receiver is without a saddle ring stud and never had one. Deluxe carbines are very rare and inscribed or presentation pieces are extremely rare. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 99% crisp, orig factory finish; bbl bands retain most of their orig factory finish with some light high point wear; receiver has scattered flaked spots on left side and top right side with light thinning on edges of receiver ring and thinning on carry point of the bottom; lever & hammer retain bright case colors, fading on the loop; buttplate retains 95-96% crisp orig blue with wear on heel and a scratch on the face; wood is sound with a couple of small chips in the finish and a very few other scattered light nicks with some minor cloth pattern wear in the finish on right side at the buttplate and overall retains virtually all of its crisp piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Shows little or no use, may have never been fired. 4-44363 JR402 (7,500-12,500)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012
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