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2029
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$40,250.00
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EXTREMELY RARE FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 SECOND TYPE LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH COLOR CASE HARDENED RECEIVER. SN 832. Cal. 38-55. Wonderful ’94 with 26″ oct bbl, button magazine, Lyman ivory bead combination front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Receiver, lever, hammer, forend cap & buttplate are all color case hardened. Receiver is second type with internal guide rail screws. Mounted with beautiful 3X, center crotch, flame grain, American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang under the wood is stamped with the assembly number “1672”, “8” and “XXX”. Top tang channel of buttstock is marked with the matching assembly number, along with an “8” and the matching assembly number is inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters, one dated 1987 and the other 2009 both of which identify this rifle in caliber 38-55 with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered pistol grip stock, Lyman sights, half magazine and case hardened received in warehouse Feb. 16, 1895 and shipped Feb. 18, 1895 to Order #7589. Color case hardened ’94s are extremely rare and those that are unaltered with high orig finish are exceedingly rare. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue with a couple of small scratches and a few tiny nicks; receiver retains about all of its orig color case hardening, moderately faded, turned silver on bottom; hammer retains strong case colors, turned silver on top edge; lever, which may be a replacement, retains brilliant case colors on sides and upper half of the outer face, moderately faded on the looop; forend cap & buttplate retain most of their orig case colors, moderately to heavily faded; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and a small bruise on right side of buttstock and overall retains most of its orig varnish finish. Mechanics are fine, although a little stiff; bolt & locking block may also be replacements; brilliant shiny bore. 4-44387 JR414 (20,000-35,000)
Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 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. |