GUN SPRING 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
VERY EARLY WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH 3-DIGIT SERIAL NUMBER.WINCHESTER189490138-55Cal 38-55. Standard grade second type rifle with 26" rnd bbl, full magazine, replacement gold bead sporting front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight that has been filed flat. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. The Model 1894 was Winchester's first rifle designed for smokeless powder and the first production was only in 38-55 and 32-40 with various other calibers following in the ensuing years. These very early '94s almost universally were sold onto the American frontier where they generally saw continuous hard service under extreme adverse conditions. CONDITION: Fair. Bbl & magazine tube retain traces of orig finish in the most sheltered areas being mostly a silver/gray patina with surface discoloration on the magazine tube. Receiver retains 50-60% thin orig blue on the sides and over the receiver ring with the bottom worn to silver. Lever, hammer, buttplate and forend cap are gray metal patina. Stock has a gouge in the left wrist and is missing a couple of slivers by the top tang otherwise it is sound with traces of orig finish, being mostly a dark oil stained patina. Forearm has a full length repaired crack with several deep gouges and shows extreme heavy wear with a dark oil stained patina. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with orange peel pitting. 51165-6 JRL (1,000-1,500)