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Hi,
I'm glad I found this forum.
I recently inherited 5 lever action guns from my dad in law.

4 of them are Winchester 94 models, and one a Uberti clone of a 1873 model.

I look forward to hanging out here, and learning about hunting with them, as well as reloading etc.

Welcome !!

Hello and welcome,neoqplease.What calibres are you Model 94 rifles?

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28 gauge wrote:Hello and welcome,neoqplease.What calibres are you Model 94 rifles?

Hi 28 gauge,

They are as follows:

Winchester 94 Octagonal barrel (SN 81117) 38-55.
Winchester 94 Engraved (Deer) 32 Win Spl.
Winchester 94 22 magnum.
Winchester 94 22 (all).
Uberti 1873 Sporting 44-40.

noeqplease wrote:

28 gauge wrote:Hello and welcome,neoqplease.What calibres are you Model 94 rifles?

Hi 28 gauge,

They are as follows:

Winchester 94 Octagonal barrel (SN 81117) 38-55.
Winchester 94 Engraved (Deer) 32 Win Spl.
Winchester 94 22 magnum.
Winchester 94 22 (all).
Uberti 1873 Sporting 44-40.

Nice group of rifles.Do you hunt with them or just target shoot?

Hi 28 gauge,

I am keeping them nice and clean until we have bought our ranch. Then I will use them for hunting.
I have only taken them out to the range to practice a bit, and am in the process of getting the right reloading dies so I have all the reloadable calibers ready.

That sounds great.Reloading can be a lot of fun.

Of the big bore rifles you have,I have only used the .32 Special.In the past I had two of them at different times.A Model 94 carbine and a Model 64 rifle.At that time I did not reload so I used only factory loads.

Carried both rifles in the field for a bit,but never bagged anything with either rifle.Only punched holes in paper with them.

Looking at the little dates of manufacture book I have ,the serial number of your .38-55 rifle lists to 1897.

Yes, That 32 special sure gives people something to admire at the range. It has beautiful engravings, scrolling on the left side, and a deer scene on the right, with some scrolling on the barrel and tang, a gold trigger and hammer. It has a very good kick too, a couple of my "Black assault gun" toting friends were shocked. They were all laughing at my antiquated rifle at first, until they saw the holes, and then shot it a few times. LOL.

Here is that one :

http://nicksevilla.com/Winchesters/SDC11137.jpg

http://nicksevilla.com/Winchesters/SDC11139.jpg

http://nicksevilla.com/Winchesters/SDC11146.jpg

And here is the 1897 built 1894 rifle, in 38-55. I have yet to shoot it. I did just finish completely cleaning it and inspecting it, and it seems good to go. What basic round should I test it with?

http://nicksevilla.com/Winchesters/SDC11152.jpg

http://nicksevilla.com/Winchesters/SDC11153.jpg

http://nicksevilla.com/Winchesters/SDC11155.jpg

http://nicksevilla.com/Winchesters/SDC11163.jpg

Yes the engraving is well done on the .32 Special.Do you know who did the engraving?

The .38-55 looks to be a nice old rifle in really great shape for the year it was made.From the pictures it does not appear to have had much use.

As far as I know the only factory loading for the .38-55 uses a 255 grain bullet.There could be other grain bullets available to the hand loader,but I am not sure.

The bullet dia.is .375 and be sure to use only flat nose bullets in the tube magazine of the rifle if you do hand loading for it.

28 gauge wrote:Yes the engraving is well done on the .32 Special.Do you know who did the engraving?

The .38-55 looks to be a nice old rifle in really great shape for the year it was made.From the pictures it does not appear to have had much use.

As far as I know the only factory loading for the .38-55 uses a 255 grain bullet.There could be other grain bullets available to the hand loader,but I am not sure.

The bullet dia.is .375 and be sure to use only flat nose bullets in the tube magazine of the rifle if you do hand loading for it.

Hi,
Yes it is beautiful. I have no idea who did it. Next time I take it out I will look under a magnifying glass and see if there is a name. The 38-55 is really nice, yes, it looks pretty much not used at all, for its age. THanks for the tip on loading. I do have the Lyman 49th, but want to find out anything else on that caliber outside of the few things Lyman has on it.

Have a great week!

Looking forward to hearing more about you rifles in the future.

The .32 Special was introduced in 1902 for the Model 94 rifle.

The .38-55 was one of the two first loadings in the Model 94 the other being the .32-40.Both of these cartridges were around before the introduction of the Model 94.