EXTREMELY RARE WINCHESTER 1ST MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 679. Cal. 38-55. Standard grade rifle with 26″ rnd bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight with serrated edges. Receiver is 1st type with external cartridge guide screws. Mounted with nicely figured, slab sawed, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate. Right side of upper tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “557” which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Buttplate is not numbered but there is little doubt that it has been in place the entire life of the rifle. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal 38-55 with rnd bbl and plain trigger, received in warehouse Nov. 24, 1894 and shipped Jul. 11, 1895 to order number “15314”. The 1st Model ’94 was produced sporadically in the first two or three years of production with an unknown number having been made. Of those few survive today in any condition especially in such high condition as found here. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching as noted above. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% orig factory blue; receiver & loading gate also retain about 98% orig blue; hammer retains virtually all of its orig case colors, slightly faded; lever retains bright case colors on the sides, faded on the outer faces. Buttplate retains case colors turn silver and the forend cap about 60% flaked blue. Wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and overall retains about 98% orig varnish with some dulling on the forearm. Mechanics are crisp; very bright shiny bore. 4-47936 JR25 (20,000-30,000) – Lot 1249

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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
	1249	$25,875.00	EXTREMELY RARE WINCHESTER 1ST MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 679. Cal. 38-55. Standard grade rifle with 26″ rnd bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight with serrated edges. Receiver is 1st type with external cartridge guide screws. Mounted with nicely figured, slab sawed, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate. Right side of upper tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “557” which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Buttplate is not numbered but there is little doubt that it has been in place the entire life of the rifle. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal 38-55 with rnd bbl and plain trigger, received in warehouse Nov. 24, 1894 and shipped Jul. 11, 1895 to order number “15314”. The 1st Model ’94 was produced sporadically in the first two or three years of production with an unknown number having been made. Of those few survive today in any condition especially in such high condition as found here. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching as noted above. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% orig factory blue; receiver & loading gate also retain about 98% orig blue; hammer retains virtually all of its orig case colors, slightly faded; lever retains bright case colors on the sides, faded on the outer faces. Buttplate retains case colors turn silver and the forend cap about 60% flaked blue. Wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and overall retains about 98% orig varnish with some dulling on the forearm. Mechanics are crisp; very bright shiny bore. 4-47936 JR25 (20,000-30,000) – Lot 1249 Click here to view provenance 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 WINCHESTER 1ST MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.