Win 1894 in 38-55 - 20" carbine

A beautiful 38-55 Winchester 1894 with a full length tube and a 20" round barrel. The bluing is worn, but not abused. I see no rust anywhere on this gun and it has a very nice and consistent patina.  The buttstock appears to have been lacquered at some point, and it doesn't appear that they removed it when they did it, because there are drops of lacquer in a couple spots on the metal. I expect it would clean up well if you were so inclined to remove it. The butt stock has great dimensions, making it a very comfortable rifle to shoulder.  I got it from a guy who said it was his "dad's deer gun". It looks to have been well taken care of. 

I have had this gun to the range a couple times. It functioned perfectly and was very enjoyable to shoot.  I got some nice groups with it using handloaded cast bullets at moderate velocities.  I slugged the bore and got a minimum dimension (where the rifling engaged) of .375", and a maximum dimension of .380" (which may have been the max dimension of the bullet, since I used an unsized .379" 245gr #1 Ballard cast lead bullet from Missouri Bullet Company).

It has just over a 4 lbs trigger, which is nice and light for a lever gun. It weighs in at just under 7.2 lbs and is very comfortable to carry and handle. The craftsmanship on this erra of gun is really something, with a beautiful engraving on the hammer, and a really comfortably shaped brass butt plate.  The loading gate feels so silky smooth compared to a recent Henry side gate.  There is a quality to how everything feels on this gun that I can't really explain. 

I think that is all I know about this one, but let me know if you have questions.