Here are some photos of my new '94 Winchester Sporter 30-30. Also shown in two of the photos is a 1894 1923 built 25-35 with a asking price of $2,400 which comes in about a pound heavier with almost everything else being the same. Shows the Winchester 1894s have shed a little weight over the years. One of the photos shows the cartridges I am using at present. I already know this rifle is accurate! One of the photos shows my local gun dealer in his store holding both 1923 Winchester 94 and this one built in April 2015 in Miroku. Another photo shows the curved rifle style buttplate on the new rifle. Note the straight American Walnut with a oil finish. Every customer there at the store said they would take that stock over a new Browning '81 .308 Lever Action despite the fact that the Browning was less money and a more modern effective caliber.

As much as anything the Browning design looked odd to them and the high gloss varnish stock looked "wrong". Personally I was very impressed with the Browning '81 Lever Action but the very nicely figured stock was not very attractive with the high gloss varnish. Last photo I have posted is detail of the laser checkering 18 lines per inch of the forend. Doing some pretty fancy checkering myself the W on the Miroku '94 Winchester would be by hand pretty close to extremely difficult. Overall I was extremely impressed with my new rifle! I admit I looked at at least 250 Winchesters before I bought this and about 100 Henrys, 30 Ubertis and ten Marlins. I also would like to see the current Winchester "Short Rifle" available in checkered style as well as no checkering like it is now.

The other photos mentioned in my last post. My 1973 Winchester 9422 with a laser red dot sight. And the new '94 Sporter in 30-30, The close up of the curved butt plate and buttstock showing the straight grain American Walnut with nice oil finish. Last photo is the 18 lpi fore-end with the Winchester W, very attractive!

Excellent narrative and pic share Davey. You did good with choosing those Winchesters.

Good post Davey...liked the pics too !!

One of my next steps with the new '94 Winchester 30-30 Sporter is to lighten the trigger pull. We will do that in house as we are pretty well set up to do most things mechanical, and we do some gunsmithing work already. It is 4.5 pounds approx. now (not measured, inferred from reviews of the rifle) and I will reduce it to 3.0 pounds or a tiny bit less. Once the adjustment is made though it is difficult to add to go back to stock (I Think?) if ever needed if the rifle was sold. Personally I think the rifle COULD have come to the customer that way but lawsuits have pushed it a little too stiff. Marlins I tried were heavier than that.