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December 31, 2012
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Recently purchased M1894 Ser.# 348731, no XXX’s and no excuse why not to post a full number. The rifle is 106 years old for goodness sake. Got my letter back today after a short three weeks. Uninteresting letter. Serial no. applied 4-05-1907, received into the warehouse 4-23-1907, and, get this, shipped from the warehouse 10-17-1912. I guess no one was interested in buying a 1/2 octagon bbl. rifle, with full magazine, in 38-55 cal. I have another rifle that was in the warehouse for 3 years and I thought that was a long time. I really like this rifle. It has the serrated rear sight and the bore is drippy mint. Big Larry
That’s a pretty nice looking rifle there big guy! Tell me where you find those things? Peter
November 17, 2011
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Looks Great! What is the barrel length?
April 15, 2005
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Larry,
Very Nice looking Model 1894 8)
Does it have proof marks on the receiver and barrel?
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
December 31, 2012
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Yes Bert, it is proofed on the bbl and receiver. The 38-55 is right between them on top.
The rifle has the standard bbl. length of 26".
I bought this rifle from Collectors Firearms.
Got some reloads to try it out, then clean and oil it and put it away. I probably will never shoot it again. Thanks, Big Larry
January 19, 2013
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There’s a story about model 94’s being so slow selling prior to WWI that when war came along Winchester begged the war dept to to buy some. As it turned out they needed rifles for the guys who were tasked with protecting the Spruce Forestry and Spruce wood production in the PNW. So a bunch of them were sold and marked as being US Property.
Every once in a great while one of these ex warehouse model 94’s with the Military Proof Mark shows up.
Quite the collectable. LOL
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