Win 94 commerative

[hso]

A buddy of mine came up with a very pretty Winchester Model 94 with a "Winchester Repeating Arms Company" medallion in the stock with this serial number - 3086930. It has a brass butt plate, a26" heavey octagon barrel, a case colored reciever, scroll work around the edges of the receiver and gold lettering on the barrel that says "Winchester 94 Classic".

The serial number dates to 1967 when loaded into the various Winchester serial number sites.

Can anyone tell me more about this rifle?

 

[Nhsport]

This could get interesting. I have little direct info for you. There have been dozens of Win commeratives or collectables cranked out in the last 30+(?) years. Rule of thumb was that most were cranked out in such high numbers that they were worth not a whole lot above any other 30-30. Some odd ones were actually fairly low production and worth a higher price. A couple ones were worth more because of high demand . The John Wayne rifle is one that comes to mind. Some of these guns were shot,some had the original box and papers lost. Unfired guns with original box and pperwork would have greator collector interest. Most of the ones I have seen around have struck me as garish flashy gimmicks.
I assume you know New Haven Repeateing Firearms (owned by Browing/Herastall who has an agrement to make and sell these winchester guns for several years yet has shut down the New haven factory where they were made. This puts a whole new spin on the value of any winchester guns
Every used 30-30 I have seen laying around in gunstores has jumped in price,I have to believe all the "special" guns have jumped the sticker price also. Price tags changed ,some guys paying the price,who knows what will happen?
Plant has been closed for one month +- so any values you see in print or in a collectors guide will be low.
Check what the auction sites are asking/getting? These sites seem to have bunches of people paying inflated prices to me . I allways wondered how much of that was buddies scaming folks with false sales to drive the prices up and how much was dunmmies buying without shopping around. I suppose if that is what people are paying that is what they are "worth"

 

[Cosmoline]

As NH indicated, some are worth a lot, some no more than a normal '94. But from your description I don't think you have a commemorative. They are distinguished by special emblems and will have writing on them indicating what they are honoring. They also have unique SN runs that will not give you viable dates when you plug them into the normal SN database.

I believe your rifle is a '94 Classic, which was introduced in 1967. It is NOT a commemorative. Someone who knows more about Winchesters may correct me, but IIRC they are standard '94's but with a heavy barrel and more steel parts than the normal post-64 '94s. To my knowledge they were not made of machined steel like the pre-64 '94's, but quality of rifle and the wood should be a cut above the '94's of the post '64 period. Price range should be a notch higher than the standard '94's of the period, but these days who knows. The real money is in the ones in mint condition with the box, unfired. I recently came across a Canadian Centennial model but it had gotten rusty in the tube and around the front sight so I opted to turn it into a hunting rifle. It's actually not a bad shooter at all.

I just did a quick search of the auction sites and I think this may be a carbine version of your rifle:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=49192791

It's going for about $600 with the box in mint condition.