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1086
$8,912.50

WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 118064. Cal. 30 WCF (30-30). Standard grade carbine with 20″ bbl, full mag, German silver square base front sight and 3-leaf platinum line express rear sight. Left side receiver has a stud and ring. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and carbine buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this carbine, as found, received in warehouse August 14, 1901 and shipped two days later to order number 106825. Although this letter indicates receipt in warehouse in 1901, this carbine was actually manufactured in 1898. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine plus. Bbl and mag tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue, bbl and bbl bands retain 96-97% bright orig blue. Receiver retains 96-97% strong orig blue with light sharp edge wear and light thinning over bottom. Lever and hammer retain bright case colors, fading to silver on outer faces of lever. Buttplate retains 88-90% strong orig blue. Wood is sound with a few light nicks and scratches and retains about all of a lightly cleaned orig finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, shows little evidence of ever having been used. 4-44409 JR68 (3,000-5,000)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013
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