VERY RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 SPECIAL ORDER TAKEDOWN SHORT RIFLE.

VERY RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 SPECIAL ORDER TAKEDOWN SHORT RIFLE. SN 81733. Cal. 30 WCF (30-30). Standard grade rifle with rare 19″ oct to rnd bbl, full magazine, Lyman ivory bead front sight, Lyman 6A 2-leaf folding rear sight and a locking Lyman tang sight. Rifle is also takedown configuration. Mounted with uncheckered, very nicely figured American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum records research sheet identifying this rifle with 19″ half oct bbl, takedown with plain trigger. Received in warehouse Jan. 24, 1900 and shipped next day to Order #50585. Although the letter shows shipping in 1900 the receiver was actually produced in 1897. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 95-96% strong orig blue with only sharp edge wear and some very slight thinning over chamber area; takedown ring is mostly a blue/gray patina; receiver retains about 75-80% orig blue, strong but thinning on the sides and over the top, mostly turned silver on bottom; hammer retains strong case colors turned silver on top edge; lever retains very bright case colors on sides, faded on outer faces; buttplate is gray metal patina. Wood is sound with handling nicks, dings & scratches on the buttstock which retains 95-96% strong orig varnish; forearm retains about all of a fine Winchester style restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore. 4-41543 JR236 (5,000-7,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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
	1300	$9,775.00	VERY RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 SPECIAL ORDER TAKEDOWN SHORT RIFLE. SN 81733. Cal. 30 WCF (30-30). Standard grade rifle with rare 19″ oct to rnd bbl, full magazine, Lyman ivory bead front sight, Lyman 6A 2-leaf folding rear sight and a locking Lyman tang sight. Rifle is also takedown configuration. Mounted with uncheckered, very nicely figured American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum records research sheet identifying this rifle with 19″ half oct bbl, takedown with plain trigger. Received in warehouse Jan. 24, 1900 and shipped next day to Order #50585. Although the letter shows shipping in 1900 the receiver was actually produced in 1897. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 95-96% strong orig blue with only sharp edge wear and some very slight thinning over chamber area; takedown ring is mostly a blue/gray patina; receiver retains about 75-80% orig blue, strong but thinning on the sides and over the top, mostly turned silver on bottom; hammer retains strong case colors turned silver on top edge; lever retains very bright case colors on sides, faded on outer faces; buttplate is gray metal patina. Wood is sound with handling nicks, dings & scratches on the buttstock which retains 95-96% strong orig varnish; forearm retains about all of a fine Winchester style restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore. 4-41543 JR236 (5,000-7,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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