FINE DELUXE ANTIQUE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

FINE DELUXE ANTIQUE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 9405. Cal. 38-55. Beautiful deluxe ’94 with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and a Lyman loop tang sight. Mounted with very highly figured center crotch flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang is marked with assembly number “2358” and “XXX”. The matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Early ’94s being the first smokeless powder Winchester rifle were very popular and are difficult to find with high orig finish. Most of them were used on the American frontier and in the North woods of America as well as Canada and the Northwest Territories, usually under extreme, harsh conditions with limited maintenance. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain just about all of their strong orig factory finish with only faint sharp edge wear; receiver retains about 92-93% strong orig blue with some fine flaking & candy striping on sides, slightly thinned and dull on belly; hammer retains strong bright case colors, a little dark on top edge; lever retains bright case colors in sheltered areas on the sides, fading to silver elsewhere; wood is sound with some dulling at the carry point on forearm and has a few scattered handling & use nicks & scratches and six small bruises on bottom of stock and overall retains nearly all of its strong, orig piano varnish finish; checkering shows light to moderate diamond point wear. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with some minor roughness in the grooves near the muzzle. 4-44378 JR305 (13,000-22,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2088	$20,700.00	FINE DELUXE ANTIQUE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 9405. Cal. 38-55. Beautiful deluxe ’94 with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and a Lyman loop tang sight. Mounted with very highly figured center crotch flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang is marked with assembly number “2358” and “XXX”. The matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Early ’94s being the first smokeless powder Winchester rifle were very popular and are difficult to find with high orig finish. Most of them were used on the American frontier and in the North woods of America as well as Canada and the Northwest Territories, usually under extreme, harsh conditions with limited maintenance. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain just about all of their strong orig factory finish with only faint sharp edge wear; receiver retains about 92-93% strong orig blue with some fine flaking & candy striping on sides, slightly thinned and dull on belly; hammer retains strong bright case colors, a little dark on top edge; lever retains bright case colors in sheltered areas on the sides, fading to silver elsewhere; wood is sound with some dulling at the carry point on forearm and has a few scattered handling & use nicks & scratches and six small bruises on bottom of stock and overall retains nearly all of its strong, orig piano varnish finish; checkering shows light to moderate diamond point wear. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with some minor roughness in the grooves near the muzzle. 4-44378 JR305 (13,000-22,000) 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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