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December 21, 2006
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I just read the article, research surveys by Brad Dunbar in the collector, excellent I might add. I have Mod. 94 ser# 254621 it letters with set trigger, it has a double set trigger that sure looks original to the gun. My question is do You suppose some of the 5153 set triggers listed could be double set triggers but just listed as set triggers in the records. I also have in My collection ser# 15333 , it letters as case colored, pistol grip, checkered stock, cres. butt, 28″ oct. bbl., full mag. in 32-40 cal. I believe this is the only one in the records in this configuration. I have ser# 323778 it letters, carbine, pist. grip, shotgun butt, 4 cartridge mag. 3 leaf site in about 98% orig. cond. It has a saddle ring in 30 cal.. I have ser# 559633 a s.r.c. pist. grip checkered, xxx wood, double set trigger, in 32-40, of course to late to letter. There are some pretty special Winchesters out there and it’s nice to see the research done on them and being able to have them documented. Thanks for your efforts. Harry Mero life member#7087
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January 22, 1999
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Henry,
I do believe with the development of the 1894 Winchester all of them were fitted with the close-coupled set trigger.
There might be one documented 1894 with a single-set trigger.
If you have Bob R’s book on the 94’s it is explained in there.
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April 15, 2005
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Henry,
I agree with Hokie’s (Mark) in that all of the Model 1894s were fitted with the same set trigger. In some references it is listed as a “close-coupled” set trigger, in others it is listed as a “double-set” trigger. It is my belief that a small number of them were recorded in the ledgers as “double-set” but that they are all in fact the same “close-coupled” set trigger. It is also possible that a very small number of very early production Model 1894 rifles might have been fitted with the same single-set trigger found on the early Model 1886 rifles, but I have my doubts (not ever having seen one yet). On all of the early serial numbered (First variation) Model 1894s that I have found with a set trigger, there have all been the close-coupled (double-set) variety.
Bert
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December 21, 2006
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Hokie/Bert Thanks for the reply, thats kind of what I figured but it,s nice to have other like opinions. Harry
W.A.C.A. life member, Marlin Collectors Assn. charter and life member, C,S.S.A. member and general gun nut.
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