RARE DELUXE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKE-DOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 17725. Cal. 30 WCF(30-30). Unusual, early deluxe ’94 with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, take-down half nickel front sight with screw and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver has light foliate arabesque scroll engraving on both sides with matching patterns on top edge, receiver ring and top tang with fan patterns around the lever plate opening. Left side of receiver has been drilled and tapped for receiver sight. Mounted with about 2X flame and shell grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and checkered straight grip with crescent buttplate. Lower tang is without assembly numbers & neither does the buttstock or buttplate have assembly numbers. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 30 with oct bbl, plain trigger, fancy checkered stock, take-down and “engraved: $1.60”, received in warehouse May 15, 1897 and shipped same day to order #7310. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 98-99% crisp orig factory blue & the magazine tube about 95% strong orig blue with losses from take-down around the magazine band. Receiver retains 95-96% glossy orig blue with only sharp edge wear and a few small, very light scratches. Hammer retains dark case colors & the lever brilliant case colors on the sides, fading on the outer faces. Both sides of take-down ring have small dents and it appears that it may have been refinished. Buttplate retains about all of its strong orig case colors, lightly faded. Wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches. Buttstock retains most of its orig piano varnish finish. Forearm retains 60-70% orig varnish finish with touch up varnish on the rear 1/3. Mechanics are fine. Brilliant shiny bore shows very little use, if any at all. Given that this rifle was shipped in 1897 and was manufactured in 1895 it probably was a factory exhibit piece for the intervening two years. 4-50576 JR48 (12,500-17,500) – Lot 1073

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
	1073	$24,150.00	RARE DELUXE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKE-DOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 17725. Cal. 30 WCF(30-30). Unusual, early deluxe ’94 with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, take-down half nickel front sight with screw and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver has light foliate arabesque scroll engraving on both sides with matching patterns on top edge, receiver ring and top tang with fan patterns around the lever plate opening. Left side of receiver has been drilled and tapped for receiver sight. Mounted with about 2X flame and shell grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and checkered straight grip with crescent buttplate. Lower tang is without assembly numbers & neither does the buttstock or buttplate have assembly numbers. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 30 with oct bbl, plain trigger, fancy checkered stock, take-down and “engraved: $1.60”, received in warehouse May 15, 1897 and shipped same day to order #7310. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 98-99% crisp orig factory blue & the magazine tube about 95% strong orig blue with losses from take-down around the magazine band. Receiver retains 95-96% glossy orig blue with only sharp edge wear and a few small, very light scratches. Hammer retains dark case colors & the lever brilliant case colors on the sides, fading on the outer faces. Both sides of take-down ring have small dents and it appears that it may have been refinished. Buttplate retains about all of its strong orig case colors, lightly faded. Wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches. Buttstock retains most of its orig piano varnish finish. Forearm retains 60-70% orig varnish finish with touch up varnish on the rear 1/3. Mechanics are fine. Brilliant shiny bore shows very little use, if any at all. Given that this rifle was shipped in 1897 and was manufactured in 1895 it probably was a factory exhibit piece for the intervening two years. 4-50576 JR48 (12,500-17,500) – Lot 1073 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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RARE DELUXE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKE-DOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.