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2022
$3,450.00

*WINCHESTER 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 142290. Cal. 32-40. 26″ oct bbl, full mag, dovetail Lyman fine bead front sight, serrated side flat top sporting rear with set screw, top flat of bbl is marked “MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN, CONN. U.S.A. PAT. AUG. 21. 1894”. Top flat adjacent to receiver “32-40”. Standard receiver, mounted with nicely figured straight grain walnut, straight grip, crescent steel buttplate, standard forend with nosecap. Accompanied with Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying gun as 32-40 rifle, oct bbl, plain trigger, received in warehouse Sept. 20, 1902, shipped from warehouse Sept. 23, 1902, with one other arm to Order No. 158397. CONDITION: Fine +. Bbl retains 95% orig blue, with minor muzzle wear, thinning on sharp edges, a few nicks & scratches and a couple spots of fine surface oxidation. Magazine tube retains most of its orig blue. Receiver retains 90%+ orig blue, thinning and blending with brown patina, bright on sharp edges, a small area of surface oxidation on left side and showing the characteristic of early Winchester polish marks blending with brown patina. Hammer shows strong orig case colors, showing silver on edge of left side. Lever retains strong orig case colors on sides blending with silver patina across bottom. Stock is sound with typical nicks, dings & scrapes and retains a thin coat of added finish blending with hand worn patina. Buttplate shows traces of thinning case colors blending with silver/brown patina. Forend is sound with normal nicks, dings & scrapes, a shallow 1″ gouge on left side and retains a thin coat of added finish blending with hand worn patina across bottom. Mechanics are crisp with a bright shiny bore. 4-38381 BDT167 (3,000-4,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009
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