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Winchester 1894 38-55

diggerdirectdiggerdirect Member Posts: 42 ✭✭
edited February 2010 in Ask the Experts
I don't know much about old lever guns and was hoping to get a value and date of MFG. It is a 1894 chambered in 38-55. The bore looks bright and I believe the gun is original. I'm sorry for the last pic it won't resize.

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  • diggerdirectdiggerdirect Member Posts: 42 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi again, I dug out another gun, or piece of one, that I plan to list here soon but dont have much knowledge on it or if it is something even feasible to warrant a listing of. Picked this up in a 'box lot' of stuff at an auction about 20 years ago.
    It is, or was, a winchester 1894, I assume the caliber is 38-55. What intrigued me was the front sight as I hadn't seen one like it before or since. The bore of the barrell looks good but outside it is rough.
    The barrell is 25 1/4" long, the tube is 25 1/8" long, the serial number on it is 56437.
    My question is if anyone knows if this is an original Winchester front sight or something that was added on later?


    The front sight is marked with the dates:

    PAT.AUG.31.85*JULY 14 91.

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  • eastbankeastbank Member Posts: 4,052 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    the front sight looks like a beech sight. eastbank.
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  • martinphoto1martinphoto1 Member Posts: 56 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's a Lyman 5B combination front sight, and in all probability was installed when the rifle was new
    Marty
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The barrel (as measured to the breech opening) is actually 26-inches long, indicating that it was once a Sporting Rifle.

    The front sight is a Lyman No. 5B (and it is missing its ivory bead).

    This is what a Beach Combination sight looks like... GoldwashedBeachsight.jpegUCRWX-BeechSightfrontview.jpeg




    This is a Lyman No. 5B (with its ivory bead)...

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    WACA Historian & Life Member

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