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*SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:12,500.00 USD Estimated At:25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD
*SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.
SN 233008. Cal. .38-55. 28" oct bbl, full mag, rotating 3-bead front sight, flattop serrated side platinum lined sporting 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." Adjacent receiver "38-55". Receiver is factory engraved in a Style 10 pattern, with left side with double circle with standing buck deer and either side with open foliate scrolls. Right side has foliate scrolls surrounding loading gate. Top tang is equipped with a Lyman locking, folding peep sight. Mounted with nicely figured flame-grain walnut, checkered straight grip, crescent steel buttplate, H-style checkered forend with nosecap. Inspection of inside lower tang and top tang channel of stock reveal no assembly numbers. Back of stock is stamped "94/20681". There is a number of inside toe of buttplate but it is not legible. Accompanying gun is a Cody Firearms Museum Winchester letter identifying as 38-55 rifle, 28" oct bbl, plain trigger, fancy checkered stock, flattop sporting rear sight, Lyman hunting front sight, engraved $2.00, weight 8lbs, received in warehouse March 10, 1905 and shipped from warehouse March 11, 1905. PROVENANCE: Ex-Dr. Edmund Lewis Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 95% orig blue, slightly thinning on sharp edges, normal minor small nicks and scratches. Mag tube shows strong orig blue with a couple small spots of silver patina. Receiver retains 90% orig blue with some areas toning with brown patina, silvering on sharp edges, left side with a couple small spots of shallow surface oxidation and a couple, typical, light, minor nicks and scratches. Loading gate show good, orig nitre blue, thinning and blending with silver patina in trough. Hammer shows slightly fading orig case colors, some silver on left side. Lever shows strong orig case colors on sides, thinning and blending with gray patina across bottom. Stock is sound. Good checkering showing just a small amount of wear, some minor nicks, dings and faint scratches. Some minor flaking of finish at toe, retaining most of its orig piano varnish finish, blending with hand worn patina in grip area. Forend is sound with good checkering, some minor nicks and dings retaining most of its orig piano varnish finish. Nosecap shows good orig blue with some faint thinning blending with silver patina. Mechanics are crisp with a nice shiny bore. 4-48133 JR274