winchester 1894

A friend of mine is selling a Winchester model 94 100th anniversary trapper model 30-30. I don’t have a picture but it is in like new condition with saddle ring roll stamped 1894-1994, no checkering or fancy engraving. He wants $500 and I’m tempted to “pull the trigger”. Am I over paying? Any...

So after 1964 through I think 1973 Winchester went to an investment cast “graphitic steel” receiver. Made the same way rugers are made but with an alloy. I know tigers can be case hardened and the real question is the content of the steel. I know this metal does not take to a hot blue, it does...

At my Winchester 1894 (.30-30) I have a very loose, wobbly trigger, the Winchester is a post 64 manufacture, I mean early 80s, with ejection above (no angle eject). The weapon already has this securing device, which allows the shot only when the repeating lever is slightly pushed up during the...