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August 21, 2014
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Sold Pending Funds
WINCHESTER 1894 38-55 – 1/2 RND 1/2 OCT – Straight Grip – MADE 1905
A very nice Winchester 1894 38-55 made in 1905; 26-inch, 1/2 round, 1/2 octagon barrel; button mag; shotgun butt with steel butt plate; excellent walnut stocks; forearm has some figure; very good bore rates # 7 on scale of 1-10. A nice, clean 1894 in a great caliber.
Someone drilled a hole in back of butt stock for a sling?
Price adjusted $ 1900.00
Life Member WACA & NRA
September 29, 1993
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Also drilled a couple of holes in the left side of receiver for an after-market receiver sight. Not a desirable feature for a collectible firearm!
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NRA Life Member
April 15, 2005
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Jim,
In addition to the extra holes drilled & tapped in the upper left side of the receiver frame (that Rick pointed out), the butt stock & butt plate are not original to the rifle… they were harvested off of a 1945 – 1947 production Model 94 Carbine. The flat checkered steel butt plate was first used by Winchester when production of the Model 94 resumed post-WW II. Accordingly, your Model 1894 Rifle is not worth anything close to your asking price, nor is it a collectable gun.
Bert
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August 21, 2014
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Thank you both for the information
Sadly, I paid more for this rifle from a larger Winchester dealer several years ago
Price lowered.
Jim
Life Member WACA & NRA
November 1, 2013
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Jim McKee said
Sadly, I paid more for this rifle from a larger Winchester dealer several years ago
A COMMON story! Almost too many to keep track of. Bigger the dealer, bigger the rip-off, all too often.
Why don’t you ask how much the same dealer will give you for it now? Should be worth even more than when you bought it, right?
