This is a rare example of a special order Winchester Model 1894 Lever Action Rifle that was manufactured in 1918. The rifle has a special order, 26-inch, half-round/half-octagon barrel, half-magazine and pistol grip stock. The barrel has a special order Lyman Winchester Express front sight with colored bead and a sporting style buckhorn rear sight with flat top. The pistol grip has a black, hard rubber, cap embossed "WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.". A Lyman folding combination rear sight is mounted on the receiver tang. The rifle is fitted with a Lyman 5-A telescopic sight on off-set bases; the rear base is marked with a 1910 patent date. Winchester sold the rights to manufacture the A-5 telescope sight to the Lyman Gun Sight Company in 1928. The special order steel shotgun buttplate has well-executed cross-hatch checkering. The barrel, forearm cap, receiver, bolt and buttplate are blued and the hammer, trigger and lever are color casehardened. The stock and forearm are oil-finished, straight grain, American walnut. The left barrel flat is roll-stamped: "MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO./NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A. PATENTED AUGUST 21. 1894." ahead of the front telescopic sight base. "-NICKEL STEEL BARREL-/ESPECIALLY FOR SMOKELESS POWDER" is stamped in two lines on the left side of the barrel below the rear sight. The caliber designation: "25-35 WCF" is stamped on the left barrel flat below the rear telescopic sight base. A Winchester oval "W/P" proof mark is stamped on the top of the barrel in front of the scope blocks. The serial number "828209" is stamped across the underside of the receiver behind the forearm.

Excellent. The rifle retains nearly 90% plus of the original blue finish overall. The only significant finish wear is on the forearm cap where the finish is thin and on the buttplate which has a blue-gray patina. The stock and forearm retain most of the original oil finish and show minimal handling wear. The 5-A telescopic sight is in excellent condition with clear optics and retains 80% of the original blue finish. Winchester lever action rifles fitted with telescopic sights are very rare.