Posted on 01/22/2010 5:32:00 PM PST by Plainsman
Winchester’s signature firearm, the lever-action Model 94, is back! Check out the Outdoor Life testfire.
Winchester’s signature firearm, the lever-action Model 94, is being reborn this year to celebrate the 200th birthday of namesake Oliver Fisher Winchester. In 1862, Oliver Winchester agreed to market the Henry Rifle. Then in 1893 John M. Browning came along with a model that was the perfect match for the new 30-30 smokeless cartridge, and a legend was born. Winchester’s commemorative Model 94 was unveiled at the SHOT Show in Vegas.
The SHOT Show kicks off with a media day, this year held at Desert Sportsman’s Rifle and Pistol Club outside Vegas.
I have a Model 94 .32-40.
It’s a great rifle. I have the 1994 100th Anniversary Edition chambered in 30-30.
buy youself a pre-64 model 94, no angle eject,...you can still pick up a relatively clean one for $500-$600...
I still have a model 94 30-30 Bi-Centennial (1976) Commemorative that I think is beautiful. It had machined action, not the stamped crap.
Is this “American Icon” made in Japan? (or worse yet China?)
I’ve got a 1983 Model 94 Big Bore in .375 Win with top eject. Ammo is getting hard to find though.
FN Herstal is the manufacturer.
I had an old pre-64 model, bought it in the late ‘50’s. I sold it a few decades ago, but still have a Winchester 1884 in 40-82 caliber. Sweet.
I remember watching “The Rifleman”.
Model 94 is a great brush rifle - mine’s in .30-30 Winchester and made in the late 1890’s by the serial number. Used it quite a bit growing up, but haven’t fired in in several years. I never really liked the .30-30 cartidge, though. I’ve always preferred cartridges with more punch, like .30-06 or .308 Winchester (7.62 NATO) or a nice magnum cartridge.
Any pictures of the gun?
Bunch of safety crap on it, right?
I bought a box of 30/30 Tuesday, last one Walmart had. You have to get there early to get anything at all. The 94 is still a very effective little piece of design genius.
Mine is a family heirloom bought in the 1890’s to protect the family land claim in the Oklahoma land rush, chambered in .25-35. To be passed down to the youngest son of each generation.
Browning BLR or Savage 99. gotta be 308win, though.
Yes. Link to the article.
Yes. Link to the article.
Yes. Link to the article.
I own one too, and it's a shame it wasn't a bigger commercial success. Winchester introduced it's Big Bores at a time when everybody had 'magnumitis.' Ruger also built a few of their No. 3 single shot rifles for the round. I cast bullets and handload, so I'm set.
There's some available on GunBroker.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=154191993
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