*FINE WINCHESTER 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*FINE WINCHESTER 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 206175. Cal. 30 WCF. 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half-nickel front sight with set screw, Winchester Express 3-leaf rear sight. Top flat of bbl is marked “MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. / NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A. PATENTED AUGUST 21. 1894.”. Left flat behind rear sight marked “NICKEL STEEL BARREL / ESPECIALLY FOR SMOKELESS POWDER”. Top flat adjacent to receiver marked “30 W.C.F.”. Standard 94 receiver equipped with Lyman tang mounted peep sight. Mounted with straight grain walnut, uncheckered forend, uncheckered straight grip stock with steel crescent buttplate. Inspection of lower tang revealed no assembly numbers. Accompanied by Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying gun as an oct bbl 30 caliber rifle with plain trigger; received in warehouse on February 1, 1904; shipped from warehouse November 9, 1904, with four other guns on order number 258215. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl and magazine tube retain 95-98% orig blue with minor muzzle wear, faint thinning on sharp edges and a few minor handling marks. Receiver retains 95% orig blue with thinning at sharp edges and some blending to blue / brown patina across bottom and a couple of minor faint scratches. Loading gate has 90% of its fine nitre blue with some thinning in flute. Hammer and lever have most of their bright orig case colors. Stock is sound with a few minor nicks and dings, some orig varnish mixed with a fine hand-worn patina. Buttplate shows good, thinning orig case colors blending with silver patina. Forend is sound with typical nicks and dings and orig varnish blended with hand-worn patina. Mechanics are crisp, good bore with some very minor scattered pitting. 4-36254 BDT25 (3,500-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009

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
	2314	$2,875.00	FINE WINCHESTER 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 206175. Cal. 30 WCF. 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half-nickel front sight with set screw, Winchester Express 3-leaf rear sight. Top flat of bbl is marked “MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. / NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A. PATENTED AUGUST 21. 1894.”. Left flat behind rear sight marked “NICKEL STEEL BARREL / ESPECIALLY FOR SMOKELESS POWDER”. Top flat adjacent to receiver marked “30 W.C.F.”. Standard 94 receiver equipped with Lyman tang mounted peep sight. Mounted with straight grain walnut, uncheckered forend, uncheckered straight grip stock with steel crescent buttplate. Inspection of lower tang revealed no assembly numbers. Accompanied by Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying gun as an oct bbl 30 caliber rifle with plain trigger; received in warehouse on February 1, 1904; shipped from warehouse November 9, 1904, with four other guns on order number 258215. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl and magazine tube retain 95-98% orig blue with minor muzzle wear, faint thinning on sharp edges and a few minor handling marks. Receiver retains 95% orig blue with thinning at sharp edges and some blending to blue / brown patina across bottom and a couple of minor faint scratches. Loading gate has 90% of its fine nitre blue with some thinning in flute. Hammer and lever have most of their bright orig case colors. Stock is sound with a few minor nicks and dings, some orig varnish mixed with a fine hand-worn patina. Buttplate shows good, thinning orig case colors blending with silver patina. Forend is sound with typical nicks and dings and orig varnish blended with hand-worn patina. Mechanics are crisp, good bore with some very minor scattered pitting. 4-36254 BDT25 (3,500-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009 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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