*EXTREMELY RARE DELUXE ENGRAVED & GOLD INLAID TAKEDOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*EXTREMELY RARE DELUXE ENGRAVED & GOLD INLAID TAKEDOWN WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 363933. Cal. 32 Spcl. Wonderful Model `94 with 26" oct to rnd bbl, half magazine, full matted top with King 3-bead front sight, a Lyman 6A rear sight and a locking Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with "H" style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with sweeping, deep fluted cheekpiece and nickeled brass Swiss buttplate. Bottom of stock & forend cap have sling eyes. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with the assembly number "3964" and "SCPO". Sides of the top & bottom tangs are also stamped with tiny number "61". The matching assembly number is found on the buttstock under the buttplate and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver is spectacularly engraved by John Ulrich in Style 4 which consists of the very large vignette of a hunter shooting from behind a tree with two shot bull elk in the foreground, all set in a forest scene. The front & rear of this vignette is engraved with elaborate foliate arabesque patterns with fine stippled background. Right side is engraved behind the loading gate opening with the large vignette of a grizzly bear on a promontory in a mountain scene with matching foliate arabesque patterns fore & aft. Both sides have wavelet borders. Bottom & top edges of receiver are engraved in snake & dot patterns with light engraving on the bolt, floorplate, takedown ring, top tang & buttplate tang. Sides of lever & sides of hammer, along with the outer face of lever, are engraved to match. Rear edge of receiver, front edge of takedown ring, bbl at the receiver & forend cap are inlaid with flush gold wires. An identical John Ulrich engraved Model `94, SN 308993, is pictured on p. 172 of the book Winchester Engraving, Wilson. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain 95-96% strong orig blue with the magazine tube cap flaked to a light patina; forend cap retains about 65-70% orig blue; receiver retains about 88-90% orig blue, worn thin over the bottom at the carry point; takedown ring retains 90-92% orig blue, slightly thinned on bottom, glossy & bright elsewhere; lever & hammer retain most of their bright orig case colors, thinning to silver on outer faces of lever; stock has a small chip back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and retains just about all of its orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44350

Starting Price: $15,000