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Winchester Model 54 in 22 Hornet, built in 1935
Guns International #: 101769900 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Winchester Rifles - Model 54 - Varmint - Predator Rifles
Seller's Information
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Seller: James Birch
Member Since: 6/17/18
First Name: James
Last Name: Birch
State: Ohio
Zip: 44004
Country: United States
Phone: (440) 997-0428
Number of Active Listings: 12
Total Number of Listings: 62
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: US Postal Mondey Order, Certified Bank Check
Description:
Update: 2/3/22: Sold
For sale is a Winchester Model 54 rifle that was built in 1935. The caliber is 22 Hornet. Gun is overall in about excellent condtion everywhere.
See the 6th picture. If you double click and blow up the picture, you can see some faint marks on the right side of the barrel.
In picture # 5 if you blow it up, you can see just a couple of small scratches on the barrel. Very minisclue.
The rifle has been lightly customized/embellished. It has a Griffin & Howe Double Lever Sidemount that was expertly installed. In fact, I would go so far to say that Griffin & Howe actually installed the mount on the gun. The installation was meticulous. Not even Winchester would create a "Blind Screw" mount when they mounted the G&H side mount on a rifle as a customer request. The Griffin and Howe Double Side Mounts were first offered for sale in late 1931 and thereafter. This one is marked Pat'd Oct. 12, 31. It has the windage adjustment screws on the left side, and the high split rings. This was to enable the shooter to use etiher the Lyman 48W Rear peep sight or the scope. The Lyman 48W Sight is original and intact, again, in excellent shape. According to Bert H. in the Forum regarding Winchester Model 54's: if Winchester installed the 48 W on the rifle, they put a dovetail filler in the rear sight boss. An excellent Lyman 48W sight alone today with cost several hundred dollars.
Note: As I mentioned, there are some small marks on the right hand side of the barrel. See the picture for this. But, overall, the bluing is excellent just about everywhere on the gun.
The aperature for the sight is included as well, with just a small portion of the top of the aperature filed down. I suspect that an earlier scope on the gun required this. Orginal scopes for the gun could have included Zeiss, Noske, Hensoldt, Oigee, or another lesser known optic.
The rear sight dovetail has been filled with a sight blank, and that is also interesting. It looks as though someone painstakingly filed the blank a bit to create a small "rectangle" on the top of the blank. Very nice touch.
The bolt has been jeweled.
Around the pistol grip of the stock, it looks as though someone just sanded down the back of the pistol grip ever-so-slightly to create a bit of a "3-D" look to the grip itself. The stock, overall, is in very, very nice shape. It appears that someone also slightly extended the fluting of the comb on the stock as well.
The bluing is excellent, as is the floor plate, which (on these particluar rifles) tends to wear very quickly. Not so this floorplate. The original butt plate is very nice as well. There are some marks on the right side of the barrel (See picture).
The gun currently carries a Weaver V22, also in excellent condition. Of coure, these mid 30's guns for the most part had 7/8" tubed hunting scopes. But, they were limited to 2 1/4 or 2 1/2 power. This little V22 scope is a variable, and is a 3 to 6 power scope. It makes this 22 Hornet much more amenable for shooting with the higher power, while keeping the existing original condition intact. You can have a correct "Period" scope for this gun to just set aside, while enjoy using it with the higher power Weaver scope.
Layne Simpson, in one of his articles, noted that he had 10 22 Hornets, and that the most accurate one that he had was his Model 54 Winchester. The Model 54's were essentially all hand fitted guns. That was the case of the mid 30's guns. They had to be good.
Take a good look at all the pictures therein.
Contact me if you have any questions.
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Manufacturer: Winchester
Model: 54
Serial Number: 44404A
Barrel Length: 24
Condition: Excellent
Metal Condition: Excellent
Wood Condition: Excellent
Bore Condition: Excellent
LOP: 13 3/4
Manufacture Date: 1935