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While looking for a rifle our local shop has on GunBroker, I happened across this sad carbine. I wanted to study first-year ’94’s so I zipped to the photos. Doesn’t seem to be a barrel from 1800 serial number range. Consulting a prized book of mine, “Winchester Model 94” (Thank you for creating such a fine text, Bob)–checking the book, the barrel appears to be closer to 800,000.
http://www.gunbroker.com/item/583568493
(It helps if I include the auction number. Sorry to those of you who read this prior to my brain restarting.)
The “original stock” is actually gumwood which wasn’t used on carbines until World War I when walnut became scarce for sporting weapons due to the military demand.
"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
Wincacher said
The “original stock” is actually gumwood which wasn’t used on carbines until World War I when walnut became scarce for sporting weapons due to the military demand.
Gumwood stocks were used for the Model 1894 SRCs well before WW I. My survey begins at serial number 354000 (May 1907), and most of the Carbines from the period have gumwood stocks.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
The serial number puts this carbine from early 1895. The barrel is from approximately 1917 or later when this style caliber marking was being used. That puts it in the s/n range of 825,000 or higher just as bob’s book stated.
Paul
The second photo is the caliber marking from slightly earlier.
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