SCARCE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 10686. Cal. 38-55. Beautiful deluxe ’94 with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, Lyman ivory bead hunting front sight, full buckhorn rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with about 3X plus center crotch, flame & burl grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip buttstock that has crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “2408” and “XXX”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. The number in the top tang channel is correct and orig but, unusually stamped upside down. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 38-55 with oct bbl, plain trigger and checkered stock with pistol grip, received in warehouse Nov 21, 1895 and shipped Nov 26, 1895 to order #1022. Also accompanied by a copy of a page from the Winchester shipping records with the entry for this rifle highlighted. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Bbl and magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue with only faint sharp edge wear around the muzzle and one or two tiny nicks. Receiver retains 96-97% strong orig blue with light sharp edge wear, some minor flaking and slight thinning on the bottom at the carry point. Lever & hammer retain brilliant case colors, lightly faded on outer faces of lever. Buttplate retains 95-96% bright to brilliant case colors. Wood is sound with a few light nicks and scratches and overall retains about 98% crisp, orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant shiny bore, may have been fired but if so, very little. 4-50750 JR43 (15,000-25,000) – Lot 1071

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
	1071	$34,500.00	SCARCE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 10686. Cal. 38-55. Beautiful deluxe ’94 with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, Lyman ivory bead hunting front sight, full buckhorn rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with about 3X plus center crotch, flame & burl grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip buttstock that has crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “2408” and “XXX”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. The number in the top tang channel is correct and orig but, unusually stamped upside down. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 38-55 with oct bbl, plain trigger and checkered stock with pistol grip, received in warehouse Nov 21, 1895 and shipped Nov 26, 1895 to order #1022. Also accompanied by a copy of a page from the Winchester shipping records with the entry for this rifle highlighted. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Bbl and magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue with only faint sharp edge wear around the muzzle and one or two tiny nicks. Receiver retains 96-97% strong orig blue with light sharp edge wear, some minor flaking and slight thinning on the bottom at the carry point. Lever & hammer retain brilliant case colors, lightly faded on outer faces of lever. Buttplate retains 95-96% bright to brilliant case colors. Wood is sound with a few light nicks and scratches and overall retains about 98% crisp, orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant shiny bore, may have been fired but if so, very little. 4-50750 JR43 (15,000-25,000) – Lot 1071 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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SCARCE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.