RARE FIRST YEAR DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 1ST TYPE LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

RARE FIRST YEAR DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 1ST TYPE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 5860. Cal. 38-55. Wonderful early ’94 with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine with combination front sight, flattop rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with very beautiful 3X, center crotch, flame grain, American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “2145” and “XXX”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver is 1st type with external cartridge guide screws. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 38-55 with 24″ oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered pistol grip stock “1/2 inch short”, received in warehouse Aug. 29, 1895 and shipped next day. Current length of pull on this stock is 12-1/2″ vs. the standard 13″. This cataloger recently read the old draft of an article written by Tommy Rholes and Jeb Klitzke regarding the external guide screw ’94s which included an inventory of surveyed rifles which included this rifle as identified by SN. This article was to have been published in the Winchester Arms Collector’s Association magazine The Winchester Collector. It is unknown whether it was ever published. An assumption gleaned from the article is that the external screw ’94s were only manufactured in 1894 and 1895 from the orig Browning design. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue with only light sharp edge wear; receiver retains 95-96% glossy orig blue with sharp edge wear and some spots of light pitting on left side; hammer retains about all of its orig case colors, faded on top edge; lever retains 75-80% orig case colors, strong & bright on sides and in sheltered areas, faded to silver on outer faces; buttplate retains smoky case colors; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and overall retains 96-98% orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore; shows very little use. 4-44403 JR441 (25,000-40,000)

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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	2084	$34,500.00	RARE FIRST YEAR DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 1ST TYPE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 5860. Cal. 38-55. Wonderful early ’94 with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine with combination front sight, flattop rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with very beautiful 3X, center crotch, flame grain, American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “2145” and “XXX”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver is 1st type with external cartridge guide screws. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 38-55 with 24″ oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered pistol grip stock “1/2 inch short”, received in warehouse Aug. 29, 1895 and shipped next day. Current length of pull on this stock is 12-1/2″ vs. the standard 13″. This cataloger recently read the old draft of an article written by Tommy Rholes and Jeb Klitzke regarding the external guide screw ’94s which included an inventory of surveyed rifles which included this rifle as identified by SN. This article was to have been published in the Winchester Arms Collector’s Association magazine The Winchester Collector. It is unknown whether it was ever published. An assumption gleaned from the article is that the external screw ’94s were only manufactured in 1894 and 1895 from the orig Browning design. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue with only light sharp edge wear; receiver retains 95-96% glossy orig blue with sharp edge wear and some spots of light pitting on left side; hammer retains about all of its orig case colors, faded on top edge; lever retains 75-80% orig case colors, strong & bright on sides and in sheltered areas, faded to silver on outer faces; buttplate retains smoky case colors; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and overall retains 96-98% orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore; shows very little use. 4-44403 JR441 (25,000-40,000) 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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