Eisenhower presentation Model 1894 serial number 2,500,000, factory embellished Model 70 serial number 500,000 and the very first Grand American Model 21 to leave the Winchester Custom Shop. His collection had over 650 guns and included impressive Winchesters such as President Dwight D. Along with his wife, Vernetta, McCallum ran a hardware store in Monroe, Oregon, from 1949 to 1974 which had gone by the name McCallum’s Gun Store and Museum since the late 1950s. The initials “H.A.M” are for noted Winchester collector Harold Argile McCallum (1911-2003). According to Renneberg, serial number 3 and serial number 8 are the two Model 1894s known to exist with serial numbers lower than number 22. This Model 1894 is listed by serial number in Robert Renneberg's "The Winchester Model 94: The First 100 Years" on pages 15 and 31.
The buttstock is fitted with a solid crescent buttplate. These are randomly interspersed, and there is no explanation for the omission." The buttplate is period hand marked "3 HIGH AT 50/ON AT 100." Mounted on a smooth forearm and straight grip stock. According to Model 1894 expert and author Robert Renneberg, "Several specimens in the pre-serial 200 range have been found without any tang markings. The barrel has a dovetail blade front sight and elevation adjustable buckhorn rear sight and is stamped with the two-line address ahead of the rear sight and "38-55" at the breech.
Below the serial number on the frame are the small stamped initials "H.A.M.", possibly the initials of a previous owner. The highly desirable, extremely early serial number "8" is located on the underside of the frame and on the lower tang. Shipping date and order number were blank on the factory record. 38-55 caliber and plain trigger when received in the warehouse on November 11, 1895.
Designed by John Browning, the Winchester Model 1894 rifle is one of the most famous and popular sporting lever actions of all time, and offered here is serial number 8! The accompanying factory letter lists this single digit serialized Model 1894 rifle with an octagon barrel in.
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