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LOT 23
Outstanding and Documented Factory Engraved and Gold Inlaid Special Order
Winchester Deluxe Model 1894 Lever Action Takedown Rifle - Serial no. 482631, 32-40 WCF
cal., 26 inch part octagon bbl., blue finish, highly figured walnut checkered pistol grip stock. This
factory engraved, gold banded Winchester deluxe Model 1894 takedown rifle was manufactured
in 1911. This special order rifle features a part octagon barrel, half-magazine and highly figured,
fancy grade walnut forearm and pistol grip stock with factory H-pattern checkering. The barrel
has a gold band inlaid at the breech. The forearm cap, barrel breech, takedown collar, top and
sides of the receiver, upper receiver tang and buttplate heel are decorated with Winchester
No. 6 factory engraving. The 1897 edition of “Winchester Repeating Arms Co, Highly Finished
Arms” describes No. 6 engraving as: “scroll, border, line and ribbon engraving”. The variation of
the No.9 pattern engraving features detailed game scenes on either side of the receiver; the
scene on the left side of the features a highly detailed bighorn ram and the scene on the right
side of the receiver depicts a bull elk. The pistol grip has a black hard rubber cap embossed
“WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.” The barrel, magazine, loading gate and crescent buttplate
have a blue finish. The forearm cap, takedown collar, bolt and receiver are high polish blue.
The hammer, trigger and lever are casehardened with subdued case colors. The barrel has
an express style front sight with silver bead and a buckhorn, sporting style rear sight with
screw adjustable centerpiece. The top barrel flat is roll-stamped: “MANUFACTURED BY THE/
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A.” in two unequal lines ahead of the
rear sight. The left side of the barrel is roll-stamped: “PAT. AUG. 21. 1894” in a single line below
the Winchester legend. The caliber designation, “32-40”, is roll-stamped on the top of the barrel
between the rear sight and the receiver in a dot and scallop panel surrounded by scrollwork. The
upper receiver tang is roll-stamped: “MODEL 1894/-WINCHESTER-/TRADE MARK REG.IN U.S. PAT.
OFF.” in three-lines with an engraved scrollwork flourish at the hammer end. The serial number
is roll-stamped across the front edge of the receiver bottom. This rifle is pictured and identified
in R.L. Wilson’s “Winchester Engraving” on page 342. The engraving is attributed to Winchester
Master Engraver Angelo Stokes. “A key to identification of Stokes from study of the Big Horn
sheep motif,” noted Wilson.