Winchester 1894 Rehab

delta-419 · #1 04-21-2024, 12:30 AM

About 5 years ago I got into a bidding war on GB over a pile of parts from a circa 1900 Winchester 1894 in caliber 38-55. I was able to win the barreled action and all the parts to make it a viable rifle. I had seen photos of this gun before it went on the auction block and knew it to be of Native American origan from the designs on the stock and forearm. The wood went at a price way above my paygrade. The gun was a special order button magazine rifle. I had a fair amount of time invested in hunting for the magazine and forearm cap which are rare pieces to this puzzle. Recently, I won a GB auction for a butt stock that will match the Indian background for this piece. I have test fired this gun just to see if it will go "BANG". It does. The butt stock in the photo is a temp. Serial number on the old tired iron is 233965.