*EXTREMELY RARE ENGRAVED & SILVER PLATED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 479756. Cal. 25-35. Blue & silver finish with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, full magazine, takedown, gold bead Sheard front sight and a King rear sight. Mounted with about 3X, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock that has crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “9480” and “X”. Matching assembly number is also found on rear face of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver, forend cap & buttplate are silver plated. Receiver is beautifully engraved in #6 pattern by one of the Ulrichs. Engraving consists of the rnd vignette of a standing buck on the left side in a field scene and a bugling bull elk in a mountain scene on the right side. Both vignettes are surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns and have a continuous wavelet border. Back edge of receiver & top tang have light foliate arabesque patterns which are also on each side of forend cap and each side of bbl extension. Bbl is dbl proofed with the standard “WP” factory proof and a circle “P” proof indicating installation by an outside gunsmith. Engraved ’94s are not extremely rare but are seldom encountered. Those with special plating are extraordinarily rare and are almost never found with any orig finish. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 97-98% strong orig blue with only light muzzle end & sharp edge wear; receiver, bbl extension and buttplate retain most of their strong orig silver finish which has tarnished to a dark patina; hammer also retains most of its orig silver as does the lever; lever has moderately to heavily bubbled plating; buttplate has a few small spots of lifted plating. Wood is sound and retains about all of a fine, bright refinish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-55551 (27,500-42,500) – Lot 1248

Auction: Firearms - March 2015

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
	1248	$33,350.00	EXTREMELY RARE ENGRAVED & SILVER PLATED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 479756. Cal. 25-35. Blue & silver finish with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, full magazine, takedown, gold bead Sheard front sight and a King rear sight. Mounted with about 3X, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock that has crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “9480” and “X”. Matching assembly number is also found on rear face of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver, forend cap & buttplate are silver plated. Receiver is beautifully engraved in #6 pattern by one of the Ulrichs. Engraving consists of the rnd vignette of a standing buck on the left side in a field scene and a bugling bull elk in a mountain scene on the right side. Both vignettes are surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns and have a continuous wavelet border. Back edge of receiver & top tang have light foliate arabesque patterns which are also on each side of forend cap and each side of bbl extension. Bbl is dbl proofed with the standard “WP” factory proof and a circle “P” proof indicating installation by an outside gunsmith. Engraved ’94s are not extremely rare but are seldom encountered. Those with special plating are extraordinarily rare and are almost never found with any orig finish. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 97-98% strong orig blue with only light muzzle end & sharp edge wear; receiver, bbl extension and buttplate retain most of their strong orig silver finish which has tarnished to a dark patina; hammer also retains most of its orig silver as does the lever; lever has moderately to heavily bubbled plating; buttplate has a few small spots of lifted plating. Wood is sound and retains about all of a fine, bright refinish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-55551 (27,500-42,500) – Lot 1248 Auction: Firearms - March 2015 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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*EXTREMELY RARE ENGRAVED & SILVER PLATED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.