GUN SPRING 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/14/2016
SCARCE BROWNING BROTHERS MARKED WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. WINCHESTER 1894 114102 30 WCF (30-30) Cal. 30 WCF (30-30). Standard grade rifle, 26" oct bbl, full magazine, slightly thinned, half-nickel front sight with screw & altered semi-buckhorn rear sight with homemade elevator. Top flat of bbl, in the area between the rear sight and caliber marking has the tiny stamp "BROWNING BROS. CO. OGDEN. U". Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in 30 Cal. with oct bbl, plain trigger & sporting rear sight, received in warehouse July 18, 1901 and shipped Aug 5, 1901 to order number 104942. This rifle is typical of a lot of Western used firearms that saw hard service on the frontier with limited or no maintenance. CONDITION: Fair to good. Bbl & magazine tube retain a smooth blue/brown patina with a couple of dings on the bbl and light edge wear. Receiver retains blue in sheltered areas being mostly a plummy/brown patina with striations on both sides. Buttstock has a crack in the toe with myriad nicks & dings and shows heavy wear with a cleaned, lightly sanded finish. Top tang has peen marks and an extra hole. Mechanics are fine. Strong dark bore that may clean better. 50186-5 JR209 (1,500-2,500)