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LOT 1036
Neil Hartliep Signed Relief Engraved and Gold Inlaid
Winchester Model 94 Lever Action Carbine - Serial no. 2177792,
30-30 Win cal., 20 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut stock.
Manufactured in 1956. The barrel has standard markings and is inlaid
with a gold band at the muzzle and two at the breach with a trio of
relief cut oak leaves off the breach. The receiver displays panels on
either side with the left having a bear, elk, and white-tail bust and the
right having a bison and pronghorn bust. Both panels have stippled
backgrounds with scattered oak leaf clusters, leafy and gold wire
loop borders. The perimeter of the receiver is engraved with a relief
oak leaf motif. The engraving flows down the receiver tangs and the
top of the action as well as having the gold wire inlaid motifs are
mimicked on the sides of the lever. The action is signed “N. Hartliep/94” above the loading gate. Mounted in a
beautifully figured smooth walnut forend and straight grip stock with checkered buttplate.
CONDITION: Excellent overall as embellished by Neil Hartliep, retaining 97% blue finish with light handling
marks, some light pitting, a spot of discoloration on the magazine tube, and crisp engraving. Mechanically
excellent.
Estimate: 2,500 - 4,500
LOT 1035
Neil Hartliep Engraved and Gold Inlaid Winchester Model 92 Lever Action
Carbine - Serial no. 971597, 44 WCF cal., 20 inch round bbl.,
blue finish, walnut stock. Manufactured between 1921 and
1928 and subsequently engraved and gold inlaid by Master
Engraver Neil Hartliep. Hartliep made a name for himself
as an engraver during the 1950s and 1960s, culminating in
him leaving his job at the chamber of commerce to become
a full time engraver in 1964. At the end of the 1970s, the
NRA decided to offer summer courses to give the average
person a basic level understanding of gunsmithing. For
these classes Hartliep was chosen to teach the introductory
sessions. A previous sale listing for this carbine lists it as being
documented in Hartliep’s “The Basics of Firearms Engraving: A
Manual of the NRA Gunsmithing Schools Program” on pages 1,
102, and 106. Fitted with a fine beaded blade front and standard folding ladder
rear sight. The barrel is inlaid with a gold band flanked by thin engraved bands
and a splash of floral scroll coming off the leafy band at the breech.