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December 31, 2012
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FromTheWoods said
Deer season ended here today, and no buck fell into my freezer. The rifle I chose to hunt with this year is a Model 1894 .38-55, DOM 1896, 28″ octagon, full magazine, Lyman tang, folding rear barrel sight. My 63-year-old eyes appreciate tang sights. No deer this year, but the rain was warm, the woods were wetly quiet, and I was carrying a fine rifle. Going to hunt elk with it later this month.Last year, a buck did fall into the freezer. Model 1894 .32 WS, Takedown, DOM 1902, 26″ octagon, full magazine, tang, .32 WS barrel sight. I thought the .32 Special sight might interfere with my sight picture, but it didn’t. The buck whirled, I raised the rifle. Front sight on neck. Downed buck. The barrel sight didn’t register in mind during the sighting.
Most of the Winchesters I shoot have a blank or a folding sight between the front sight and the tang sight.
Wishing all of you carrying your Winchesters good luck and good Karma this year.
28″? That’s kind of rare isn’t it? Big Larry
December 27, 2007
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I remember seeing a chart of 1894 barrel lengths–possibly generated by Bert. Can’t remember though if I made a copy, bookmarked it, or not. I’ll look through my Winchester information within the next few days. If I have it, I’ll pass along the number of 28″ers.
Some members here can tell you how much per inch Winchester charged for longer than standard barrels.
I don’t trust my brain to supply any memories or technical information about pretty much everything these days–not a pleasant realm.
