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1141
$2,875.00

*WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 SPECIAL ORDER TAKEDOWN SEMI-DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 32 WS. SN 226254. Fine special order rifle with 26″ rnd bbl, half magazine, Marbles ivory bead & gold bead reversible front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight & Lyman 21 receiver side sight. Mounted with very nicely figured slab sawed I-style checkered forearm & capped pistol grip stock with Winchester embossed shotgun hard rubber buttplate. It has sling eyes in forend cap & stock. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters dated 1988 & 1997. Both provide the same information and fully identify this rifle with shipment on Dec. 19, 1908 to Order No. 187004. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 97-98% strong bright orig factory blue with a few spots of very fine rust over chamber areas. Receiver retains 95-96% strong bright orig factory blue with some slight wear on right front side & around bottom. Left side has a few pimples of light rust around sight. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of a fine professionally restored finish with some oil staining around receiver. Forend cap also appears to have been restored. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. Goforth Collection 4-60572 JR98 (2,500-4,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006
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