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It seemed like a perfect winter day to put some rounds through two of my 70+ year old
Model 94s. On the left is a Flat band made on 8-30-1948 and on the right a WWII model made on 7-3-1942 shortly before the 94 line was suspended . Both are in 30 WCF and shot and operated flawlessly. As expected!
Good to see that you are still out there and shooting them… with the current cost of 30-30 ammo, I suspect that most people are sitting out sessions at the local range.
Bert
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Thank you Bert,
As you see only one box was used.
But like most serious people in this hobby one box won’t make a dent. I did however leave the 25-35s home this time.
Dan
Dan,
Have you added any “new” Winchesters that I can add to the research surveys? Currently, I have the following numbers in the research survey;
| Model | Date Range | Total Man. in Range | # Surveyed | % Surveyed |
| Model 1894 1st Var. | 9/1894 – 9/1895 | 7,999 | 466 | 5.826% |
| Model 1894/94 | May 07 – Dec ’31 | 725,690 | 8,140 | 1.122% |
| Model 94 | 32-’63 | 1,444,961 | 14,028 | 0.971% |
| Model 55 | Jun 24 -Mar ’28 | 12,002 | 1,368 | 6.647% |
| Mar 28 – ’32 | 8,578 | |||
| Model 64 | 33-’58 | 66,783 | 3,069 | 4.595% |
| 2,266,013 | 27,071 | 1.195% |
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Like Bert said, I also haven’t been shooting 30-30 for a while because ammo is very hard to find here.
So I have enjoyed shooting .22’s at targets.
Today I fired Model 9422, 9422M, 61, 63, 74, 1890, 69a, and a couple of different old Marlins.
Fun and easy and mostly quiet, pretty cheap and I can find ammo.
Alrhough .22WMR is pretty expensive.
Mike
A 4 3/4″ SA in .38-40, another in .44-40 and a ’73 carbine in .44-40. Had a great day with daughter, son-in-law and three grandsons. Son-in-law will be deployed on the 16th. He’s going to Kuwait for the next 8 months.
Well, I knocked a red squirrel out of the bird feeder and smacked a Starling from under it with a 17 Mach2……..
Erin
November 7, 2015
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Beautiful day here, I’ll kick myself later if I don’t dig a shotgun or two out of the safe and shoot a few rounds. Coffee’s almost gone, I’m outta here!
Mike
We shot a lot of BS at the gun shop. Then I went home and finished loading for my shooting on Tuesday if it doesn’t rain. Next I did some gluing on a New Haven Arms box.
Sgtsemo said
Bert, Please add 1520109 1948 Flat band 30WCF, Serrated hammer.
Does it have a slotted or a smooth magazine end cap? Did you get a PR date for it? Based on the information I have, it should be August 1948.
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Chuck said
We shot a lot of BS at the gun shop.
And as usual, most of it undoubtedly missed the “target”…
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Bert H. said
Chuck said
We shot a lot of BS at the gun shop.And as usual, most of it undoubtedly missed the “target”…
Yes, but isn’t that the fun of it?
Just got back from the club range, did some plinking with a 61, 06, and 63 on our new plinking range. I think we need to do some adjustment on the automated targets, stop working about every 8 or ten hits. Always something to do around here. Does anyone know where I can get a brass magnet? I hate cleaning up .22 brass, I can hardly see them anymore and my grandson charges me 1/2 cent a piece when he does it for me.
U.S. Army combat vet, 32 years CCFD Lt. (retired), NRA Benefactor member, Marlin Firearms Collector Asso., Cody Firearms Museum member - 89213093, WACA member - 11928, Griffin Gun Club board member, Hunter, BPCR shooter, Hand loader, Bullet Caster
November 7, 2015
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Money well spent, Mike.
Dug out my usual suspects but every now and then a Winchester makes it to the clay fields with me. Today my “Y” Model 12 tagged along and actually made it look like I knew how to shoot Trap. Been a few months but she’s an old hand at this and we had fun. My Browning 725 Trap, OTOH, was a bit cranky about being left in the safe all winter and wouldn’t play nice. Her older sibling, a nice enough Citori in her own right, let me shoot a respectable round of Skeet until the wheels fell off. Had a rough day working around the house yesterday and it finally caught up with me.
It was a beautiful day and I got to visit with some old friends. Wish I’d brought a .22 along but I needed a nap after all that shotgun shooting.
Mike
Bert, It has a smooth magazine cap. I have not yet contacted the source for the exact date on this one. However the 1948 Flat band I was shooting in the photo above has a serial number# 1522211 was confirmed for 8/30/1948 which was a Monday. So #1520109 would indeed be August 1948 2102 carbines older from the previous week. I’m not sure if they worked full production day on Saturdays at WRA in 1948.
Sgtsemo said
Bert, It has a smooth magazine cap. I have not yet contacted the source for the exact date on this one. However the 1948 Flat band I was shooting in the photo above has a serial number# 1522211 was confirmed for 8/30/1948 which was a Monday. So #1520109 would indeed be August 1948 2102 carbines older from the previous week. I’m not sure if they worked full production day on Saturdays at WRA in 1948.
Thanks…
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How thoughtless of me, I neglected to post a pic of my “Y” Model 12 Trap. Certainly was a pretty day to shoot!
Mike
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