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LOT 1025
Exceptional and Rare Documented Antique Special Order Winchester
Deluxe Model 1894 Extra-Lightweight Takedown Short Rifle with
Factory Letter - Serial no. 41079, 30 WCF cal., 22 inch extra light round
bbl., blue finish, highly figured deluxe walnut checkered stock. The included
factory letter describes this Model 1894 as: “Type: Rifle, Caliber: 30, Barrel
Type: Round, Barrel Weight: Extra light, Barrel Length: 22 inches, Trigger:
Plain, Fancy checkered stock: Small grip, Sights: Winchester express” and
“Takedown”. The letter also states the rifle was shipped from the Winchester
warehouse on May 5, 1898. The tapered lightweight barrel has a Winchester
Express front sight with gold bead and a blank in the rear sight dovetail. A
Lyman “D-DA” receiver sight with locking lever is mounted on the left side
of the receiver. The left of the receiver is factory drilled and tapped. The top
of the barrel is roll-stamped with the two-line legend: “MANUFACTURED
BY THE/-WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A.-”
ahead of the rear sight dovetail. “NICKEL STEEL BARREL/ESPECIALLY FOR
SMOKELESS POWDER” is roll-stamped in two lines on the left side of the
barrel above the forearm. The caliber, “30 W.C.F.” is roll-stamped on the top
of the barrel just ahead of the receiver. The serial number is roll-stamped
across the bottom of the front edge of the receiver. The block letters
“JPE” are stamped in a 1/4-inch rectangle immediately below the serial
number (no history known about the origin of this stamping). “MODEL
1894/-WINCHESTER-/PAT. AUG. 21. 1894” is roll-stamped in three lines
on the upper receiver tang. The barrel, magazine, forearm cap, receiver,
and bolt have the Winchester commercial blue finish. The extractor and
loading gate are a fiery niter blue. The hammer, trigger, lever, and crescent
buttplate are color casehardened. The stock and forearm are deluxe, highly
figured, fancy grade walnut with Winchester “Style H” checkering and a
high polish piano finish. Deluxe, Model 1894 extra lightweight takedown
rifles with special order features are very rare.
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