SCARCE WINCHESTER MODEL 1893 SLIDE ACTION SHOTGUN.
Cal. 12 Ga. 2-1/2" (black powder only). S# A22576 (1894). The first John Browning designed slide action. 2,224 were returned to Winchester and destroyed as part of a exchange program for a new model 1897; instituted because of structural weakness in the 1893 design. This survivor has 30" full choke barrel with Winchester markings on top. Slide is marked "WINCHESTER" "MODEL 1893". Blued action has top cut away for easy loading. This feature was eliminated in later design. American walnut round knob buttstock measures 13-1/8" over steel buttplate; forend has 17 grooves. CONDITION: fine. Metal retaining about 75% original blue. Stocks with most of their original varnish finish. Bore is bright and shiny. Mechanically good. (01-30300/MGM). ANTIQUE. $1,000-1,500.
[ translate ]Cal. 12 Ga. 2-1/2" (black powder only). S# A22576 (1894). The first John Browning designed slide action. 2,224 were returned to Winchester and destroyed as part of a exchange program for a new model 1897; instituted because of structural weakness in the 1893 design. This survivor has 30" full choke barrel with Winchester markings on top. Slide is marked "WINCHESTER" "MODEL 1893". Blued action has top cut away for easy loading. This feature was eliminated in later design. American walnut round knob buttstock measures 13-1/8" over steel buttplate; forend has 17 grooves. CONDITION: fine. Metal retaining about 75% original blue. Stocks with most of their original varnish finish. Bore is bright and shiny. Mechanically good. (01-30300/MGM). ANTIQUE. $1,000-1,500.
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