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The included factory letter lists this early Winchester Model 1894 as
a takedown rifle in .38/55 caliber with an octagon barrel, plain trigger,
and a checkered pistol grip stock with shotgun butt and rubber
buttplate. The casehardened finish is not listed, but we believe it to be
authentic. The letter indicates the rifle was received in the warehouse
on November 6, 1895, and shipped the same day. Additional included
documentation confirms that David S. Madis received this rifle in a
trade with the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, including a November 9,
1983, list signed by Curator Herbert G. Houze of the Winchester Arms
Museum listing this rifle as the first of 16 firearms, including 13 other
Winchester Model 1894s along with a Model 62A and a Garrett Arms
Company Sharps carbine. The Winchester Arms Collection was loaned to
the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in 1975. This rifle was thus traded out while
the collection was in their possession but prior to the collection being gifted to
the museum in 1988. The Winchester Arms Collection remains the core of the Cody
Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
CONDITION: Fine with 60% original blue finish, 30% original case colors on the frame, 75% original case colors on the
hammer and lever, silver-gray and brown patina on the balance, minor oxidation, and generally fairly minor overall wear.
The refinished wood is also fine and has some small spots of wear in the otherwise crisp checkering, scattered scratches
and dings, attractive figure, and a filled hole on the bottom of the butt from a sling swivel. Mechanically excellent. Do not
miss your opportunity to get your hands on one of the rarest and most desirable Winchester Model 1894s!
Provenance: The Winchester Arms Collection; The David S. Madis Collection;Property of a Gentleman.
Estimate: 35,000 - 45,000
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