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1151
$4,025.00

*RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE. Cal. 32 WS. SN 450864. Standard grade rifle with extremely rare 19″ oct bbl, full magazine, takedown with ivory bead front sight, smokeless rear sight and Lyman 21 receiver side sight. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered, slab sawed buttstock & flame grain forearm with capped pistol grip buttstock & crescent buttplate. Forend cap & buttstock have sling eyes. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl retains 85-90% dull orig blue, thin over chamber area with light muzzle & sharp edge wear. Top flat has a few small dings & the initials “OR” scratched just in front of the rear sight. Magazine tube retains about 70% orig blue, thin on the outside, strong in the sheltered areas. Receiver has traces of orig blue in the very sheltered areas with the balance a gray patina. Wood is sound with a scrape on the buttstock and a few light handling & use marks and retains a restored oil finish. Mechanics are fine. Bright shiny bore with a scattered spot or two of light pitting. 4-58701 JR208 (3,000-5,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006
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