Re: Current 1894 Quality and are any of you familar Cabela's
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:21 am
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.
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.