Nice gun, the 55s with the nickel steel were a really unique gun. By the way the bluing came off all the receivers. .30 WCF = 30-30
Looked up the Winchester 55. Only approx 20,000 were made during an 8 year period during the Depression. Apparently they command a higher price than the Model 94, from which it was derived, of the same era. Most were Takedown models, so the non-Takedown models are valued even higher these days.
https://winchestercollector.org/models/model-55/
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I called him today after work to report your guys findings. He was pretty excited. He said he doesn't think it's a take down model, but honestly doesn't know. It may have been in the assembled position for 60 years. He also said there is a small scope that was found in the box and it looks like it mounts onto the side of the receiver.
I said he should get it checked out by a professional before running rounds through it. It seems like it would be a shame to potentially damage something.