 Several Nice Lever Actions
The balance, the look and the feel of a lever action Winchester have brought many a hunter into now also being a Winchester Collector. Whether the gun has a round barrel or is octagonal, is extra long or extremely short, shoots a .22 caliber cartridge or is a big bore monster, we love them and want them all. And then we have to have all the big and little goodies that accessorize or care for or embellish their simple lure. The prices we have to pay continually rise but so does the desire to acquire. It is surely not a disease, this fondness for finding and buying firearms, we
always tell ourselves, but rather a strategy in long-term investments and historical salvation of our American Heritage. And besides, we really like them, these Winchesters! Here are a few of my meager holdings. And always remember, you can never pay too much for a really nice Winchester, you can only pay too soon. Happy hunting!
 A Winchester Model 1892 Special Order Take-down Rifle in .38-40 Caliber. The gun is still in fine condition with about 40% blue and good solid wood, crescent butt plate. It has a 24" round barrel with full magazine, there is a full blade front sight, a buckhorn rear sight and a vernier tang sight. Manufactured in
1915 with the serial number 7904xx. These 1892 take-down rifles are fairly rare, especially in the .38-40 caliber and this gun, though not in the pristine condition we would all like to have, is still a very fine Winchester to have and hold.
 A Winchester Model 1894 Special Order Deluxe in .38-55 Caliber. It has the H checkering pattern on the fore-end and checkered pistol grip with grip cap and crescent butt plate which is
unusual for a deluxe gun. The wood is nicely matched and would rate as three x. (I am not about to take it apart to prove it, though.) It has a Special Order 26" Octagon barrel with full magazine. Perhaps not ordered at the time (or it could have been) the "Climin' Lyman" receiver sight certainly has been on the gun since the turn of the last century, the serial number 1374xx, suggests this gun was made prior to 1898. It retains about 50% of the Case Hardening on the frame and more on the hammer and lever. About 90% of the blue remains. All in all a pretty nice gun, in the Antique Category which is always nice, and in fine
condition.
 A Winchester Model 1894 in .32-40 Caliber.
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 Winchester Model 1907SL Deluxe
C00101... Winchester, 1907SL Deluxe Rifle, semi-auto, .351SL cal., #54xx, with proper Lyman SL tang sight. Overall excellent condition, 70% flaking blue receiver, 98% bbl blue, 3X grained wood, fine line checkered pistol grip stocks, a fine and rare collector grade self-loader made in the year of model, 1907, FFL required ... Price on Request
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