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EXTREMELY RARE DELUXE FIRST MODEL WINCHESTER 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 6241. Cal. 38-55. Extremely
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EXTREMELY RARE DELUXE FIRST MODEL WINCHESTER 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 6241. Cal. 38-55. Extremely rare deluxe first model `94 with 26" oct bbl, full magazine, ivory bead combination front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Receiver is first type with exposed cartridge guide screw heads on the outside. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number "2150" and "XXX". Left side of upper tang is stamped with the tiny initials "J.P.P.". Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Buttplate is a modern reproduction with Turnbull style color case hardening. Mounted with very highly figured, 3-4X American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle, as found, with checkered pistol grip stock, received in warehouse Sept. 7, 1895 and shipped Sept. 26, 1895 to Order #21702, repaired & returned Feb. 3, 1908. Also accompanied by a copy of a photograph of hanging game and a lady standing by an Indian. She is holding a Winchester Model 94 rifle, possibly this same rifle. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% crisp orig blue with one small spot of pitting near the front sight; forend cap retains 96-97% orig blue; receiver retains 95-96% crisp orig blue with one small spot of flaking on right side by the cartridge guide screw hole and some faint sharp edge wear and very minor candy striping; lever & hammer retain strong case colors on the sides, faded on outer faces of lever. Wood is sound with very light nicks & scratches with the buttstock retaining about all of a professionally restored finish and the forearm retaining about 95% strong orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore, rough in the grooves. 4-44402 JR17
Starting Price: $10,000
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EXTREMELY RARE DELUXE FIRST MODEL WINCHESTER 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 6241. Cal. 38-55. Extremely rare deluxe first model `94 with 26" oct bbl, full magazine, ivory bead combination front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Receiver is first type with exposed cartridge guide screw heads on the outside. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number "2150" and "XXX". Left side of upper tang is stamped with the tiny initials "J.P.P.". Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Buttplate is a modern reproduction with Turnbull style color case hardening. Mounted with very highly figured, 3-4X American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle, as found, with checkered pistol grip stock, received in warehouse Sept. 7, 1895 and shipped Sept. 26, 1895 to Order #21702, repaired & returned Feb. 3, 1908. Also accompanied by a copy of a photograph of hanging game and a lady standing by an Indian. She is holding a Winchester Model 94 rifle, possibly this same rifle. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% crisp orig blue with one small spot of pitting near the front sight; forend cap retains 96-97% orig blue; receiver retains 95-96% crisp orig blue with one small spot of flaking on right side by the cartridge guide screw hole and some faint sharp edge wear and very minor candy striping; lever & hammer retain strong case colors on the sides, faded on outer faces of lever. Wood is sound with very light nicks & scratches with the buttstock retaining about all of a professionally restored finish and the forearm retaining about 95% strong orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore, rough in the grooves. 4-44402 JR17
Starting Price: $10,000
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