Page 20 - 83-BOOK1

LOT 18
Spectacular Documented Factory Panel Scene Engraved Winchester Deluxe Model 1894 Lever Action Takedown Rifle in “Winchester Engraving” - Serial no. 705610, 30 WCF cal., 26 inch part octagon bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in 1914. This Model 1894 is pictured and identified in R.L. Wilson’s “Winchester Engraving” on page 270 as being factory engraved: “Serial range 705000 Takedown rifle was done in Style Number 9, the forend and pistol grip buttstock were made of select walnut and checkered in Style H. .30-30 caliber.”The rifle is also pictured and identified in George Madis’“The Winchester Book”on page 413. Madis notes that the rifle is “an excellent example of style 9 engraving coverage” and stresses the well executed “shading
of the game and scenes” and part octagon barrel with full magazine as “a combination that is highly prized
by Winchester collectors since it is rarely found. The engraving on the receiver consists of floral scrollwork on punch dot background, zig-zag line and dot borders and a stag scene in a circular panel on each side. Additional flourishes of scrollwork appear on the barrel at the breech, top of the receiver, behind the hammer, forend cap, and buttplate tang. The barrel is fitted with a dovetail beaded blade front sight and elevation adjustable rear sight and is stamped with the two-line address/patent date marking, two-line nickel steel marking and “.30 W.C.F.” on the upper left flat.
bench·mark:
/ˈben(t)SHmärk/
18