1895 Winchester Model '94

Size: Approx. 12.25 h" x 39.5 w"
WN111122

$375

This woodburning on a weathered old broken piece of lumber has some old west history that is loaded with provinance.

Artist Dan Allnutt has applied the ancient genre of woodburning to artifact wood from the below 1860s-era homestead. The log ranch house, which is located on a working ranch in the Arkansas River Valley of the Colorado Rockies, is but a stone’s throw away from the “new” ranch house (built in the 1880s), where Dan and brother Frank make their home.

The art measures 12.5” h by 39.5” w, and has Burgundy Suede and Blue-Stained Pine.

Though Dan and Frank are in their 70s and “retired,” they lend a hand to the cattle and hay operations. And, of course, they make time for their art.

At the back of the ranch is a remote timbered area where I discovered the shell casing that is lodged in the woodburning. The casing was six inches down in the ground. It lay undisturbed for many years.

The 1894 Winchester was made in 1895. The 25-35 Caliber was noted for being one of the most accurate Winchester cartridges and with the lightest recoil.