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1138
$2,875.00

SCARCE WINCHESTER DELUXE MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN RIFLE. Cal. 30 WCF (30-30). SN 146612. Fine deluxe rifle with 24-1/4″ special order, rapid taper, rnd bbl, half magazine, pedestal mounted ivory bead front sight, platinum line 3-leaf express rear sight & Lyman tang sight with loop. Mounted with beautiful, center crotch cut, flame grain, H-style checkered, American walnut with capped pistol grip stock and Winchester embossed hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is stamped with the assembly number “14356” & “XX” with the letters “OHR”. Assembly number is also found in the top tang channel of the buttstock along with a large “T” and “94”. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains about all of its strong, bright, orig blue with three spots of cleaned rust & pitting about midpoint. Magazine tube is a thin blue on the outer side, with the sheltered area dark blue. Forend cap is cleaned to bright metal color with some pitting. Takedown ring retains about 75% orig blue with moderate pitting. Receiver has been amateurishly cleaned with either coarse steel wool or fine sand paper and has light to moderate pitting on the front edge and scattered spots over the receiver. Lever retains case colors on the sides, and the hammer about 80% strong case colors. Wood is sound with a very few, very minor handling & storage marks & retains virtually all of its beautiful, orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant shiny bore. This is a little used rifle; it still has blue on the bolt face. 4-58752 JR228 (2,000-3,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006
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