RARE DELUXE WINCHESTER SPECIAL ORDER EXTRA LIGHTWEIGHT MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE.

RARE DELUXE WINCHESTER SPECIAL ORDER EXTRA LIGHTWEIGHT MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE. SN 89082. Cal. 30 WCF (30-30). Beautiful lightweight short rifle with 22″ tapered rnd bbl with full matted top, 2/3 magazine, takedown, ramp front sight and 3-leaf express rear sight. Bbl markings, caliber marking & proof mark are located on top sides of bbl to accommodate the matted top. Mounted with highly figured, about 2-3X, American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “788”, “XXX” and “OHRB”. A second 5-digit assembly number has been lightly obliterated. Both matching assembly numbers are also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 30 with 22″ matted rnd bbl, checkered pistol grip stock with oil finish, half magazine, takedown, shotgun rubber buttplate, received in warehouse Aug. 13, 1900 & shipped same day to Order #64156. Both the receiver & bbl bear orig Winchester “WP” proofs which were apparently applied when this rifle would have been returned to the factory after 1905. Also accompanied by a 2-1/2 page letter by noted Winchester author & authority, George Madis, wherein he authenticates this rifle. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, as factory restored. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% strong factory finish, front sight is a replacement; receiver retains 96-98% strong factory finish; lever & hammer retain bright case colors with the loading gate showing most of its bright fire blue. Wood is sound with light handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains about all of its factory oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. Although the letter indicates this rifle was shipped in 1900, it was actually manufactured in 1897. 4-44352 JR10 (6,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013

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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	1074	$16,100.00	RARE DELUXE WINCHESTER SPECIAL ORDER EXTRA LIGHTWEIGHT MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE. SN 89082. Cal. 30 WCF (30-30). Beautiful lightweight short rifle with 22″ tapered rnd bbl with full matted top, 2/3 magazine, takedown, ramp front sight and 3-leaf express rear sight. Bbl markings, caliber marking & proof mark are located on top sides of bbl to accommodate the matted top. Mounted with highly figured, about 2-3X, American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “788”, “XXX” and “OHRB”. A second 5-digit assembly number has been lightly obliterated. Both matching assembly numbers are also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 30 with 22″ matted rnd bbl, checkered pistol grip stock with oil finish, half magazine, takedown, shotgun rubber buttplate, received in warehouse Aug. 13, 1900 & shipped same day to Order #64156. Both the receiver & bbl bear orig Winchester “WP” proofs which were apparently applied when this rifle would have been returned to the factory after 1905. Also accompanied by a 2-1/2 page letter by noted Winchester author & authority, George Madis, wherein he authenticates this rifle. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, as factory restored. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% strong factory finish, front sight is a replacement; receiver retains 96-98% strong factory finish; lever & hammer retain bright case colors with the loading gate showing most of its bright fire blue. Wood is sound with light handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains about all of its factory oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. Although the letter indicates this rifle was shipped in 1900, it was actually manufactured in 1897. 4-44352 JR10 (6,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013 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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