Looked for years for a very good condition pre 64 Winchester 1894. When I finally found this one( in excellent condition), it had a scope already on it. It's offset of course, but it shoots great and as much as I want to remove it, I just haven't yet.
They made changes to make them cheaper to manufacture in 1964. Went from a billet steel receiver to sintered steel, sheet metal cartridge lifter and hollow action pins instead of solid pins.
In 1964, the rifle underwent a revamp with a manufacturing change in order to bring down costs. Changes included replacing forged steel receivers and internal components with sintered steel in addition to swapping out solid steel pins with hollow roll pins. Though the Model 94 still performed, its aesthetics left a lot to be desired and eventually pushed the pre-1964 Model 94s into premium antique pricing.
Got one those as well. 1949. Love shooting it!
1953 here. Hate that my aging eyes make the buckhorns not so accurate. No way in hell would I consider optics though.
Looked for years for a very good condition pre 64 Winchester 1894. When I finally found this one( in excellent condition), it had a scope already on it. It's offset of course, but it shoots great and as much as I want to remove it, I just haven't yet.
If you weren't the one that did the desecration then by all means take advantage of it. My scoped 336 is now my timber deer club.
Same, inherited from my grandfather in law, father in law didn't want it.
Only issue is how hard 30-30 is to find these days :(
Absolutely beautiful guns. What's with the pre-1964 obsessions though? Always the first question I get when someone finds out I have an 1894
They made changes to make them cheaper to manufacture in 1964. Went from a billet steel receiver to sintered steel, sheet metal cartridge lifter and hollow action pins instead of solid pins.
In 1964, the rifle underwent a revamp with a manufacturing change in order to bring down costs. Changes included replacing forged steel receivers and internal components with sintered steel in addition to swapping out solid steel pins with hollow roll pins. Though the Model 94 still performed, its aesthetics left a lot to be desired and eventually pushed the pre-1964 Model 94s into premium antique pricing.