Win 94 date ?

[horsemen61]

Ok guys my Mother in Law just showed me a Winchester 94 and was wondering when it was made the serial number is 2326845 what can you tell me.

 

[SaxonPig]

I think the new design starts at 2.6M so this would be shortly before the pre-64 version was phased out.

 

[horsemen61]

so what to do when your Mother in law has one of your dream guns a pre 64 win 94 in 30 -30

 

[jmr40]

go to www.oldguns.net and plug in the SN. The 1964 guns started with 2,700,000, so it is pre-64.


I looked it up. 1958.

 

[gotigers]

mine starts with 27.... and it is a 1964.

Even tho, the mod 94 experts that have looked at it say it was produced at the old plant. The serial number kills the value.

 

[Still Shooting]

What Should I do?

The answer is easy...you should divorce your wife and marry her mother!

 

[fdashes]

lol, Still Shooting. But not nice

 

[SaxonPig]

Well used on the outside but works fine I picked it up on Gunbroker for $165.

 

[horsemen61]

I am going to see if I can buy it hopefully.

 

[jmr40]

mine starts with 27.... and it is a 1964.

Even tho, the mod 94 experts that have looked at it say it was produced at the old plant. The serial number kills the value.

The pre-64 thing is really more important with the model 70's. They were a complete redesign and should have had a different model designation. There is really no reason a pre, or post 64 model 94 should be that much different in value. The mid 60's rifles were somewhat less well made than rifles from the mid 50's, but there is no one year when things really were changed. It was a more gradual thing with the 94.

 

[Malamute]

I disagree that there was little difference between pre and post 64 94's. I don't agree that post 64's are complete junk as many feel, but they definately changed a number of things, and none for the better.

 

[ball3006]

A pre 64 94 will have Winchester stamped on the tang. The later models didn't but that may have changed later. chris3

 

[Malamute]

A pre 64 94 will have Winchester stamped on the tang. The later models didn't but that may have changed later.

Pre war would, but not neccesarily "pre-64". I believe they stopped the tang markings in the late 30's or so, perhaps into the 40's.

From about the mid-30's on, they looked pretty similar to the later guns. Plain shotgun butt with flat butt plate, ramp front sight, and the long wood forends stopped in the early 50's. Still finer made guns than the later ones, tho, as was pointed out, the overall quality was slipping for some time before 64.

As for looks, I still prefer the early type carbines, generally called saddle ring carbines, or eastern carbines. They faded out in the late 20's-early 30's, to become the ordinary looking guns that haven't changed much since in general apearance. Some mistakenly call later guns "eastern carbines", but its an incorrect usage of the term. The only difference between an "eastern carbine" and a "saddle ring carbine" was the lack of saddle ring. Both had the same small stud front sight, front band in front of the sight, long forend wood, early carbine type butt (flattish top with curved plate, like the 73 and 92 carbines had), and "ladder" type rear sight generally.