RARE 1ST MODEL FIRST YEAR WINCHESTER MODEL 1894.

RARE 1ST MODEL FIRST YEAR WINCHESTER MODEL 1894. SN 624. Cal. 38-55. 26″ rnd bbl, full mag., half nickel front sight, serrated side sporting rear with set screw. Top of bbl is marked “MANUFACTURED BY THE / WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A.”, top center adjacent receiver “38-55”. First Model receiver with external guide screws mounted with nicely streaked straight grain walnut, straight grip, crescent steel buttplate, standard forend with nose cap. Accompanied with a Cody Firearms Museum fact sheet listing as, rnd bbl rifle 38-55, sent to warehouse 12/10/1894 and shipped from warehouse 12/12/1894 on order #3823. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 90% original blue, minor muzzle wear and lightly thinning. There is some very shallow surface oxidation on center of bbl blending with a brown patina. Magazine tube retains 80-85% original blue with thinning and blending with brown patina. Receiver retains 85-90% original blue with some light scratching on right side, showing silver on sharp edges and a thin coat of spotty surface oxidation. Retaining screw and tension spring for lifter are absent. Hammer and lever show strong original case colors with lever thinning across bottom and blending brown and silver patina. Stock is sound with nicks, dings and handling marks and retains much of its original finish. Buttplate is silvering and blending with brown patina. Forend is sound with shallow depression forward left side, some minor nicks and dings and retains original finish blending with hand worn patina across bottom. Gun functions fine with missing spring and screw. Shiny bore with some fine scattered pitting. 4-38788 BDT156 (10,000-15,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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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	2008	$0.00	RARE 1ST MODEL FIRST YEAR WINCHESTER MODEL 1894. SN 624. Cal. 38-55. 26″ rnd bbl, full mag., half nickel front sight, serrated side sporting rear with set screw. Top of bbl is marked “MANUFACTURED BY THE / WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A.”, top center adjacent receiver “38-55”. First Model receiver with external guide screws mounted with nicely streaked straight grain walnut, straight grip, crescent steel buttplate, standard forend with nose cap. Accompanied with a Cody Firearms Museum fact sheet listing as, rnd bbl rifle 38-55, sent to warehouse 12/10/1894 and shipped from warehouse 12/12/1894 on order #3823. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 90% original blue, minor muzzle wear and lightly thinning. There is some very shallow surface oxidation on center of bbl blending with a brown patina. Magazine tube retains 80-85% original blue with thinning and blending with brown patina. Receiver retains 85-90% original blue with some light scratching on right side, showing silver on sharp edges and a thin coat of spotty surface oxidation. Retaining screw and tension spring for lifter are absent. Hammer and lever show strong original case colors with lever thinning across bottom and blending brown and silver patina. Stock is sound with nicks, dings and handling marks and retains much of its original finish. Buttplate is silvering and blending with brown patina. Forend is sound with shallow depression forward left side, some minor nicks and dings and retains original finish blending with hand worn patina across bottom. Gun functions fine with missing spring and screw. Shiny bore with some fine scattered pitting. 4-38788 BDT156 (10,000-15,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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