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Very rare 1894 buying opportunity
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Isn’t this a beauty? Note all the rare characteristics. Especially the magazine variation

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=421215898

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A shame that someone reblued it! As it is a1st. model with a round barrel, most being oct. I wouldn’t mind having one like it with 30-40% blue

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http://homesteadfirearms.com/cart2/pid_1279.htm

I believe this is a first year with the full length barrel ( I’m asking)? But it doesn’t have the 10 o clock screw. I like this old gun wish it didn’t have the swivel in the stock!

What are they talking about when they say "opening over the loading port"?

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It could be a 1st. Yr., I have #571 it’s a 2nd model TD

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It could be a 1st. Yr., I have #571 it’s a 2nd model TD

In my research survey of the 1st variation Model 1894, your rifle is the lowest serial numbered 38-55 with a 2nd variation frame. Serial number 545 is the lowest serial numbered 2nd variation I have found thus far, but it is a 32-40.

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woma951 said
http://homesteadfirearms.com/cart2/pid_1279.htm

I believe this is a first year with the full length barrel ( I’m asking)? But it doesn’t have the 10 o clock screw. I like this old gun wish it didn’t have the swivel in the stock!

What are they talking about when they say "opening over the loading port"?

It is not a "1st" year Model 1894. It was manufactured in October of 1895, 13-months after production began.

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Not a first model either

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