My wife, God bless 'er, went to an estate auction Saturday while I was away working. She bid on a Winchester model 94 in .375 and got it!
The auctioneer, who is a personal friend, coincidentally, told Janet the story he got from the heirs is that the old gentleman bought the rifle new in '85, brought it home and stuck it in the vault. It's been there all this time UNFIRED!
Janet said the bidding started a small skirmish and it got down to her and an elderly lady. When the price hit $400, the other lady backed out. Janet got it and it's in my gun cabinet waiting for me to come home.
Now, I gotta get brass, dies, molds, checks, etc... This is the first brand new, unfired lever rifle I have ever owned. As long as it's in my possesion, it will never see anything but cast boolits.