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1140
$23,000.00

*SPECTACULAR WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 DELUXE TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 38-55. SN 308997. Wonderful deluxe ’94 with 26″ rnd bbl, takedown, half magazine with ivory bead combination front sight, no provision for a rear sight & is fitted with a Lyman 21 receiver side sight. Top of bbl is matted the full length and it is fitted with close-coupled dbl-set triggers. Mounted with extremely beautiful, center crotch cut, flame grain American walnut, H-style checkered and capped pistol grip stock with Winchester embossed hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “1181”, “R” and a sgl “X”. Assembly number is also found in the top tang channel of buttstock. While the lettering on the tang only indicates a single “X”, this wood is at least “XX” or better. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl, magazine tube, & forend cap retain most of their strong, bright, orig blue with slight muzzle edge wear and some thinning on the left side at the muzzle. Forend cap has a tiny amount of flaking. Takedown ring has a small spot of wear with some light flaking, otherwise retains about all of its strong orig blue. Receiver retains about 90-92% strong bright orig blue with a few small scratches on the right side and virtually all of the blue loss is on the bottom front of receiver. Remainder of receiver is strong & bright. Top tang is moderately flaked. Lever retains brilliant case colors on sides, faded on outer edge. Hammer retains most of its orig dark case colors. Wood is sound with a few minor scratches & a small ding on bottom, and retains virtually all of its brilliant factory piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant shiny bore. 4-58400 JR193 (15,000-25,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006
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