Questions: 2 crusty old Winchester 94's

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Both those dirty girls are ready for the gala now, very nice!

 

[FL-NC]

I'm no expert on these 94's, but they sure do age well, and honest wear on them really adds character to them.

 

[silicosys4]

Here's the '41, been spending the last few days cleaning it up, getting that horrible reddish paint off of the metal and the stock. I do believe I've got all the gunk off of the stocks, and I do believe the finish is the factory pre war "Winchester red" finish now that I cleaned everything off of it.

Edit: A few days after this post I was contacted by a winchester historian on the winchester collectors forum. It is his opinion that the stocks were very likely lightly sanded and refinished. Unfortunately this is someones idea of "Winchester red". Luckily for me, I like their idea of "Winchester red", so I am somewhat consoled by the loss of the original finish.

For anybody interested, I followed a suggestion I found online to use 0000 steel wool and mineral oil to clean contaminants off of the stocks without cutting through the factory lacquer or varnish.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

For anybody interested, I followed a suggestion I found online to use 0000 steel wool and mineral oil to clean contaminants off of the stocks without cutting through the factory lacquer or varnish.

Truth.

 

[WestKentucky]

Drawing a blank here, but some European country bought some Winnie’s that had almost full length stock/forearm. Maybe an extra band would be necessary for such an arrangement. Could this be somehow tied to those rifles?

 

[silicosys4]

Drawing a blank here, but some European country bought some Winnie’s that had almost full length stock/forearm. Maybe an extra band would be necessary for such an arrangement. Could this be somehow tied to those rifles?

Someone suggested an extra barrel band with a sling swivel stud for a sling.

 

[.45Coltguy]

All I know is, those two '94's OP happened on, are awesome rifles. Hard to come into something like that every day.

 

[The Bushmaster]

Ugly Sauce...Your's was made in 1947. Two years older then mine.