GUN SPRING 2017
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/11/2017
SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.WINCHESTER189421161730WCFMODERN; C&R; ESACal 30 WCF (30-30). Special order takedown standard grade '94 with 26" oct to rnd bbl, full magazine, tall Lyman ivory bead hunting front sight, 3 leaf platinum line express rear sight and locking Lyman tang sight with duplex aperture. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. This rifle was produced about 1901 when hunting was a way of life and this rifle, with its lighter weight bbl & takedown feature almost certainly was someone's north woods hunting rifle. Many such rifles also were carried to the western frontier for hunting safari's during that same time frame. Accompanied by Factory letter indicating the following. Rifle 30 Caliber half octagon plain trigger takedown. Received in warehouse April 30 1904 and shipped July 9 1904 with 6 other arms to order number 112997. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 96-98% strong orig blue with only sharp edge & muzzle end wear with a few small nicks on the bbl. Forend cap retains about 95% orig blue and the takedown bbl extension retains about 98% orig blue. Receiver retains 88-90% orig blue showing sharp edge wear with the balance of the losses to flaking not wear. Hammer retains strong, bright case colors and the lever bright case colors on the sides and in sheltered areas. Buttplate retains smokey case colors, mostly turned silver. Wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and shows most of a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore a little frosty in the grooves. 51565-1 JRL (3,500-5,500)