"MODEL 1895 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 34843. Cal. 30-40. Special order 22" bbl pedestal with pinned blade fine bead front sight, and flat top sporting rear sight. Receiver is mounted with Lyman lever side mount. Mounted with "XXX" walnut with checkered forend, black tip insert, and mounted with a sling swivel, checkered straight grip stock with Jostam vented recoil pad, and toe line mounted with sling swivel. Rifle is accompanied by Cody Firearms Museum Winchester letter identifying this as a .30 caliber rifle with 22" bbl, fancy checkered stocks, flat top sporting rear, Lyman front, shotgun butt with rubber butt-plate, oil finish, and shipped from warehouse April 9, 1902 on order #137137. Inspection shows left inside of lower tang with assembly #13889 "XXX" and "OHS". No other numbers were observed. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains 95-98% orig blue with some minor muzzle wear and a few light handling marks. Receiver and mag-box retain 95-98% orig blue with usual wear on mag-box from levering, sharp edge wear to silver on receiver and a few small areas of flaking, and a few minor scratches. Stocks are solid with usual minor handling marks and retain virtually all of its fine factory oil finish with good checkering. Mechanics are crisp and bore is shiny on this very fine special order deluxe '95. 4-33719 BDT228 (9,000-14,000)"
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