*EXCEPTIONALLY RARE JOHN ULRICH ENGRAVED & GOLD INLAID DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*EXCEPTIONALLY RARE JOHN ULRICH ENGRAVED & GOLD INLAID DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 303892. Cal. 32 Spcl. Incredibly rare ’94 with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, takedown with half magazine and full matted top bbl, Lyman 3-bead front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with exceptional center crotch, flame grain American walnut with style-E carved forearm and capped pistol grip stock with nickel plated brass Swiss crescent buttplate. Left side of stock has an empty 2″ x 1-1/4″ oval gold plated brass plate in left side that appears to have had a name removed and sling eye in the bottom with corresponding sling eye in forend cap. Receiver has close coupled dbl set triggers. Left side of lower tang is marked with the assembly number “897”, “XX” and “SCB” which presumably stands for Swiss crescent buttplate. Matching assembly number is found on buttstock, under buttplate & inside toe of buttplate. The plate in the stock is retained in the orig old manner by means of a long pin from the butt through a flange attached to the back of the plate through a slot in the stock. Rifle is engraved by John Ulrich & signed on lower tang behind the triggers. Receiver is engraved in style-6 which consists of a standing gold inlaid Big Horn ram on a promontory in a mountain scene on left side and a standing white tail buck in gold on right side also in a mountain scene. Both vignettes have a very fine shaded background. Both vignettes are surrounded by counterpoint elliptical borders, foliate arabesque patterns and multiple outer borders. Top & bottom edges of receiver are engraved in snake & dot patterns. Top of receiver, bolt, top tang, bottom of receiver, sides of takedown ring, forend cap, top side flats & side flats of bbl, around muzzle & on buttplate tang are engraved to match. Bbl has inlaid gold bands at the receiver & muzzle ends. This exact rifle is pictured on p. 169 of The Book of Winchester Engraving, Wilson, with credit to “A.I. McCroskie Collection”. Accompanied by two factory letters, one to Mr. McCroskie and the other to Mr. Adams, both of which identify this rifle in caliber 32 Spcl., half oct matted bbl, set trigger, fancy pistol grip stock, Lyman rear leaf & King triple bead sights, half magazine, takedown, carved & engraved $10.00, #6 with two animals in gold, extra Swiss buttplate, sling & swivel, bbl inlaid with gold breech, muzzle gold plated and a plate on left side engraved “M.P. HERNANDEZ”, received in warehouse May 18, 1906 and shipped May 26, 1906 to Order #49879. The tang sight is not mentioned. This is one of the more extraordinary and rare Model 1894s to be found today. PROVENANCE: A.I. McCroskie Collection; Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine, all matching. Overall retains virtually all of its crisp orig factory finish with some fine edge wear around muzzle and light thinning on high points on sides of receiver; lever & hammer retain about all of their brilliant orig case colors; wood is sound with a few, very minor handling & use nicks & scratches and retains about all of its brilliant orig factory piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-44351 JR310 (50,000-80,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 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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	2030	$253,000.00	EXCEPTIONALLY RARE JOHN ULRICH ENGRAVED & GOLD INLAID DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 303892. Cal. 32 Spcl. Incredibly rare ’94 with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, takedown with half magazine and full matted top bbl, Lyman 3-bead front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with exceptional center crotch, flame grain American walnut with style-E carved forearm and capped pistol grip stock with nickel plated brass Swiss crescent buttplate. Left side of stock has an empty 2″ x 1-1/4″ oval gold plated brass plate in left side that appears to have had a name removed and sling eye in the bottom with corresponding sling eye in forend cap. Receiver has close coupled dbl set triggers. Left side of lower tang is marked with the assembly number “897”, “XX” and “SCB” which presumably stands for Swiss crescent buttplate. Matching assembly number is found on buttstock, under buttplate & inside toe of buttplate. The plate in the stock is retained in the orig old manner by means of a long pin from the butt through a flange attached to the back of the plate through a slot in the stock. Rifle is engraved by John Ulrich & signed on lower tang behind the triggers. Receiver is engraved in style-6 which consists of a standing gold inlaid Big Horn ram on a promontory in a mountain scene on left side and a standing white tail buck in gold on right side also in a mountain scene. Both vignettes have a very fine shaded background. Both vignettes are surrounded by counterpoint elliptical borders, foliate arabesque patterns and multiple outer borders. Top & bottom edges of receiver are engraved in snake & dot patterns. Top of receiver, bolt, top tang, bottom of receiver, sides of takedown ring, forend cap, top side flats & side flats of bbl, around muzzle & on buttplate tang are engraved to match. Bbl has inlaid gold bands at the receiver & muzzle ends. This exact rifle is pictured on p. 169 of The Book of Winchester Engraving, Wilson, with credit to “A.I. McCroskie Collection”. Accompanied by two factory letters, one to Mr. McCroskie and the other to Mr. Adams, both of which identify this rifle in caliber 32 Spcl., half oct matted bbl, set trigger, fancy pistol grip stock, Lyman rear leaf & King triple bead sights, half magazine, takedown, carved & engraved $10.00, #6 with two animals in gold, extra Swiss buttplate, sling & swivel, bbl inlaid with gold breech, muzzle gold plated and a plate on left side engraved “M.P. HERNANDEZ”, received in warehouse May 18, 1906 and shipped May 26, 1906 to Order #49879. The tang sight is not mentioned. This is one of the more extraordinary and rare Model 1894s to be found today. PROVENANCE: A.I. McCroskie Collection; Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine, all matching. Overall retains virtually all of its crisp orig factory finish with some fine edge wear around muzzle and light thinning on high points on sides of receiver; lever & hammer retain about all of their brilliant orig case colors; wood is sound with a few, very minor handling & use nicks & scratches and retains about all of its brilliant orig factory piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-44351 JR310 (50,000-80,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 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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