Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this COVETED lever-action rifle today for a penny start auction, this is the Winchester Model 1894!
Whether you’re looking to add a Winchester to a collection or looking for a deer rifle, you can’t go wrong with this American classic!
Whether you’re looking to add a Winchester to a collection or looking for a deer rifle, you can’t go wrong with this American classic!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Winchester
Model: 1894
Serial: 230801
Date of Manufacture: 1901
Caliber: .38-55 WCF
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 26" Octagon
Optics/Sights: Blade Front with Adjustable Elevator Rear Sight
Stock/Grips: Smooth Walnut Straight Grip Stock and Forearm
Action: Lever
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
Condition:
This example is in AMAZING condition showing far less than normal evidence of use for its age!
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Model: 1894
Serial: 230801
Date of Manufacture: 1901
Caliber: .38-55 WCF
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 26" Octagon
Optics/Sights: Blade Front with Adjustable Elevator Rear Sight
Stock/Grips: Smooth Walnut Straight Grip Stock and Forearm
Action: Lever
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
Let’s go back 120 years to 1894, when John Moses Browning was at the pinnacle of his fertile developmental mind. He had improved the lever-action rifle to be easier to manufacture, while at the same time capable of handling some of the most powerful cartridges of the time with the Model 1886. Then he turned around and scaled the rifle down in 1892 to handle popular pistol cartridges. A year later he introduced a pump-action shotgun. Winchester recognized that if Browning invented a firearm it would sell-and sell well. The ammunition division of Winchester began loading cartridges with a new-fangled smokeless powder in 1893 as well. This powder wasn’t as corrosive as the old blackpowder and contained more energy than an equal mass of the charcoal-sulfur and saltpeter concoction. It made it possible to launch smaller bullets at heretofore unheard of velocities, flattening trajectories and enabling hunters and shooters to take big-game animals or hit targets at much longer ranges.
Browning was then tasked with developing a rifle capable of being chambered for mid-sized cartridges of higher breech pressure. The new rifle needed to be simpler to manufacture as well. Browning came up with a way of having a single locking lug positioned transversally, as opposed to the pair of locking lugs in the ’86 and ’92 models. On August 21, 1894 Browning obtained patent number 524702 for the rifle, and by November the first Model 1894 Winchester rifles were made available to the public.
Winchester began working on making nickel-steel barrels for the new ’94 that could handle the equally new smokeless powders but it wasn’t a simple task. For this reason the initial cartridges chambered in the ’94 were blackpowder .32-40 and .38-55 rounds. By mid-1895 the nickel-steel barrel issues had successfully been addressed and Winchester introduced its first smokeless powder sporting cartridge-the .25-35 Winchester Center Fire (WCF)-in the ’94. A few months later they expanded the neck of the .25-35 to .30 caliber, and the .30-30 Winchester was born.
To say the ’94 was an instant success would be an understatement. The West may have largely been settled, but there was still plenty of wild country out there, and farmers and settlers still needed to feed and protect their families. The ’94 was relatively light; it handled well, either in the hands of a hunter or in the saddle scabbard of a cowboy. In practical use, the Model 1894 became a favorite for general shooters and hunters alike. To this day, it remains a deer hunting favorite, and, in all likelihood, more deer have been taken with the 1894 than any other.
Condition:
This example is in AMAZING condition showing far less than normal evidence of use for its age!
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Shipping Details
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Additional Details
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