GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
SCARCE WINCHESTER MODEL 55 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.WINCHESTER55102013830WCFMODERN; C&RCal 30 WCF (30-30). Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4" tapered light weight rnd bbl, 1/2 magazine, front sight with Lyman gold bead insert and flat top rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock that has fluted comb and serrated steel shotgun buttplate. The Model 55 was a continuation of the Model '94 which was discontinued in 1924. There were approximately 20,500 Models 55 produced 1924-1935. The earliest rifles had their own serial range but after about 1926 or early 1927 serial numbers for the Model 55 was merged with the Model '94. This rifle was produced in 1927 at a time when subsistence hunting was a way of life throughout the United States. The Model 55 was extremely popular in the north woods and northeast United States. They usually saw very hard service and are rarely found today with high orig finish. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains 93-95% strong orig blue with some minor thin spots about mid-point. Receiver retains about 75% bright orig blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn to a medium patina. Takedown bbl extension is a blue/brown patina. Hammer retains most of its orig blue and the lever about 50% blue, mostly on the sides. Wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains most of a fine factory-style restored finish on the buttstock. Forearm has a few light nicks & scratches and retains about 98% orig factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant shiny bore, has been fired but very litte. 52423-2 JRL (2,500-3,500)