1894 saddle ring carbine, serial dates to 1923|Page 2|Winchester Rifles|Forum|Winchester Collector

https://ibb.co/album/icjz5a

I hope that this link will work for the 1885.  Thanks & God bless.

Liberty

Thank you very much, Bert.  I greatly appreciate your vast knowledge & expertise and for your kind and informative answers to my questions.  I know when I first posted I had said I thought the 94 was in fairly nice shape for its age, but I now realize just how foolish this had to have sounded to all of the members of the board here.  My usual area of collecting is antique and older war guns, and to me the 94 looked good, functioned perfectly, is tight,and the bore is actually in a nice condition.  I looked at both rifles as I would the weapons that I collect that have gone through countless wars, and I realize now just how different they are.  I picked the 94 & 1885 up from the same elderly gentleman as I’ve gotten quite a lot of antique weapons from him.  The bore of the 1885 isn’t as good as the 94 but it does have plenty of life left in it, just a bit dark.  I guess I’ll see about getting a replacement block & have it altered to use center fire ammo.  I guess what I’m trying to say is that I talked myself into seeing them both as what I wanted them to be, not as they actually are.  And I know now just why my friends on the other boards pointed me towards this site, because they know me and knew that I wanted the truth and not bull. And I’ve not been disappointed as everyone here has been a straight shooter & told me the truth.  This I respect and appreciate greatly.  I very much appreciate everyone’s opinions regarding both rifles and for taking the time to let me know what they thought.  

Also, I forgot to reply earlier to Mike, aka TX GunNut, and I apologize for leaving you hanging, Sir. Thank you, and Mr. Bert for your kind words of welcome to the board, as well as everyone else with whom I’ve spoken.  I know I’m new to this type of collecting and can only hope to acquire the vast amount of knowledge that you fellows possess regarding these fine weapons.  Maybe in another 25 years or so I might have 1/4 of the knowledge that you all already have now.  Anyway, I’ll shut up now and quit wasting everyone’s time and boring you all to tears.  I hope that I haven’t caused too much upset here already as it was not my intention.  Thanks again, everyone, and I hope to be around here for a long time, probably in the shadows but studying the many posts to learn as much as I can about the collectible Winchesters.  And I promise to not bring the term ‘Winny’ up again, ha.  Take care and God bless.

Liberty_Bell 

Thank you for the information, Bert.  If I go that route I’ll let a local smith do it for me.  When I’m unsure about things such as this I let someone qualified handle it for me.  If only some of you guys were closer, ha.  Thank you again, my friend.

Liberty