EARLIEST KNOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH COMPLETE SHIPPING RECORD.

EARLIEST KNOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH COMPLETE SHIPPING RECORD. SN 22. Cal. 38-55. Standard grade rifle with 26″ bbl, full magazine, half-nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver is first type with exposed cartridge guide screw heads on the outside of the receiver. Mounted with nicely-figured, slab-sawed, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate that has short tang. Left side of lower tang is marked with the assembly number “6” with matching assembly number in top tang channel of the buttstock. Buttplate is without assembly number but given the fact that it fits absolutely, perfectly, leaves no doubt that it is authentic and orig to this rifle. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal 38-55 with oct bbl, plain trigger, received in the warehouse Oct 20, 1894 and shipped Oct 27, 1894, “returned by Thor. & Cass. Co. on Feb 16, 1895”. Also accompanied by a copy of the original shipping record which lists this rifle as described above. On this shipping record this is the fifth rifle with a complete record but, according to consignor, the previous four rifles are currently unknown, making this the earliest known Model 1894 rifle with a complete shipping record. This cataloger has personal knowledge of this rifle from the mid-1980s. At that time I owned and operated a sporting goods store in Portsmouth, NH and one of my customers from just west of Boston, MA called and asked if I was interested in buying an early 1894. I said yes and when he and his wife brought the rifle to my store, I immediately purchased it and in turn sold it to consignor. PROVENANCE: LaRue’s Firearms. Robert C. Renneberg collection. CONDITION: Fine, all matching except buttplate, as noted. Bbl retains about 70% strong orig blue with some mottling over the center top three flats. Magazine tube retains about 80% orig blue thin on the outer radius just above the forearm. Receiver retains 50-60% thin orig blue. Hammer retains moderately faded case colors and lever traces of case colors. Buttplate is a mottled silver patina. Wood is sound with a few light nicks and scratches and retains most of an old, lightly restored finish. Mechanics are fine. Strong bore with light to moderate pitting. 4-47719 JR248 (25,000-40,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1240	$25,300.00	EARLIEST KNOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH COMPLETE SHIPPING RECORD. SN 22. Cal. 38-55. Standard grade rifle with 26″ bbl, full magazine, half-nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver is first type with exposed cartridge guide screw heads on the outside of the receiver. Mounted with nicely-figured, slab-sawed, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate that has short tang. Left side of lower tang is marked with the assembly number “6” with matching assembly number in top tang channel of the buttstock. Buttplate is without assembly number but given the fact that it fits absolutely, perfectly, leaves no doubt that it is authentic and orig to this rifle. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal 38-55 with oct bbl, plain trigger, received in the warehouse Oct 20, 1894 and shipped Oct 27, 1894, “returned by Thor. & Cass. Co. on Feb 16, 1895”. Also accompanied by a copy of the original shipping record which lists this rifle as described above. On this shipping record this is the fifth rifle with a complete record but, according to consignor, the previous four rifles are currently unknown, making this the earliest known Model 1894 rifle with a complete shipping record. This cataloger has personal knowledge of this rifle from the mid-1980s. At that time I owned and operated a sporting goods store in Portsmouth, NH and one of my customers from just west of Boston, MA called and asked if I was interested in buying an early 1894. I said yes and when he and his wife brought the rifle to my store, I immediately purchased it and in turn sold it to consignor. PROVENANCE: LaRue’s Firearms. Robert C. Renneberg collection. CONDITION: Fine, all matching except buttplate, as noted. Bbl retains about 70% strong orig blue with some mottling over the center top three flats. Magazine tube retains about 80% orig blue thin on the outer radius just above the forearm. Receiver retains 50-60% thin orig blue. Hammer retains moderately faded case colors and lever traces of case colors. Buttplate is a mottled silver patina. Wood is sound with a few light nicks and scratches and retains most of an old, lightly restored finish. Mechanics are fine. Strong bore with light to moderate pitting. 4-47719 JR248 (25,000-40,000) 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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