RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 27275. Cal. 38-55. Beautiful deluxe ’94 with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, takedown, with Lyman ivory bead front sight (broken bead), semi-buckhorn rear sight and a Lyman combination tang sight with large disc. Left top flat of bbl, below rear sight is engraved in period script “J.L. Greatsinger”. The frame & bbl are both stamped with the “WP” proof indicating returned to the factory after about 1905. Mounted with very highly figured, 3X, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock and crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “4599” and “XXX”. Left side of top tang is stamped “55” and “J.P.P”. It is unknown the meaning or association of the top tang stamping. Assembly number “10680” is on rear face of buttstock, under the buttplate, which number is also inside toe of buttplate. Rear face of buttstock also has the notation in pencil “repair gun”. Given that this rifle was returned for repair in 1913, that is likely when the replacement stock was installed. Rifle is engraved by John Ulrich in No. 6 style with the large vignette of a standing Big Horn ram in a mountain scene on left side and a standing whitetail buck in a field scene on right side surrounded by ribbon and foliate arabesque patterns and wavelet borders. Top & bottom of receiver, top tang & forend cap are engraved to match with matching engraving patterns on takedown ring and exposed flats of bbl over chamber area. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in cal. 38-55, takedown, with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, Lyman rear with cup disc & Lyman front sight, engraved $10.00 and also with the notation “J.B. Greatsinger” engraved in script, received in the warehouse Oct. 21, 1897 and shipped next day to Order #17477. Return & repair May 27, 1913. The fact that the buttplate tang is not engraved is a further indication that the buttstock & buttplate are replacements. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% strong orig blue with only light sharp edge wear; takedown ring retains about all of its orig blue, slightly dulled with thinning on bottom; forend cap retains about 75% orig blue; receiver retains about 95% strong orig blue with thinning over top edges and sharp edge wear; hammer retains strong, bright case colors, turned dark on top edge; lever retains bright case colors, brilliant on right side, faded on outer faces; buttplate retains smoky case colors; wood is sound with a few minor scratches and retains about all of its fine piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; shows very little, if any, use. 4-44367 JR444 (20,000-35,000)

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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	2086	$51,750.00	RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 27275. Cal. 38-55. Beautiful deluxe ’94 with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, takedown, with Lyman ivory bead front sight (broken bead), semi-buckhorn rear sight and a Lyman combination tang sight with large disc. Left top flat of bbl, below rear sight is engraved in period script “J.L. Greatsinger”. The frame & bbl are both stamped with the “WP” proof indicating returned to the factory after about 1905. Mounted with very highly figured, 3X, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock and crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “4599” and “XXX”. Left side of top tang is stamped “55” and “J.P.P”. It is unknown the meaning or association of the top tang stamping. Assembly number “10680” is on rear face of buttstock, under the buttplate, which number is also inside toe of buttplate. Rear face of buttstock also has the notation in pencil “repair gun”. Given that this rifle was returned for repair in 1913, that is likely when the replacement stock was installed. Rifle is engraved by John Ulrich in No. 6 style with the large vignette of a standing Big Horn ram in a mountain scene on left side and a standing whitetail buck in a field scene on right side surrounded by ribbon and foliate arabesque patterns and wavelet borders. Top & bottom of receiver, top tang & forend cap are engraved to match with matching engraving patterns on takedown ring and exposed flats of bbl over chamber area. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in cal. 38-55, takedown, with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, Lyman rear with cup disc & Lyman front sight, engraved $10.00 and also with the notation “J.B. Greatsinger” engraved in script, received in the warehouse Oct. 21, 1897 and shipped next day to Order #17477. Return & repair May 27, 1913. The fact that the buttplate tang is not engraved is a further indication that the buttstock & buttplate are replacements. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% strong orig blue with only light sharp edge wear; takedown ring retains about all of its orig blue, slightly dulled with thinning on bottom; forend cap retains about 75% orig blue; receiver retains about 95% strong orig blue with thinning over top edges and sharp edge wear; hammer retains strong, bright case colors, turned dark on top edge; lever retains bright case colors, brilliant on right side, faded on outer faces; buttplate retains smoky case colors; wood is sound with a few minor scratches and retains about all of its fine piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; shows very little, if any, use. 4-44367 JR444 (20,000-35,000) 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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