Acquired a gun out of my realm of collecting, please help on value

[a j cave]

Might be to much recoil for younger / smaller shooter. I too think $650 without ammo.

 

[kawicrash]

Rear sight beat to hello for what ever reason and is an old calibre and not much if any ammo around, look after your brass if you buy it.

Looks like someone tried to drift it and missed

 

[the spank]

Winchester introduced the Big Bore 94's in the 80's. Three calibres were made....307 Win, 356 Win and 375 Win. They are great rifles to say the least. Well built and extremely strong. They featured angle eject so a scope could be mounted centred over the receiver as opposed to side mounted on the old top eject models. I used to own the .356 version. I bought it new in 1987. It was supposed to be as close to a 358 Win as you could get in a rimmed cartridge. Likewise the 307 was supposed to do the same as it's cousin the 308 Win and the 375 was to be ballistically the same as the 38-55 and if memory serves the 375 cartridge could be fired in a 38-55 rifle and vice-versa but I could be wrong? The biggest issue with them now is sourcing factory ammunition. If you can find some it may cost you whatever the buyer wants for it as it's nearly impossible to find. I happened to get a bunch a few weeks ago from a home hardware in a small town. They were discontinuing their ammo license and were clearing it out at their cost. It had been on the shelves almost 25 years so I bought it at prices from 25 years ago. Most of that ammo today is upwards of $64/box at last production time!! I would keep the rifle if I were you, enjoy it and keep the brass to reload. My 356 had the same set up with a Bushnell Scopechief VI in 1.5-4.5X. It was a nice bush rifle. Short to carry, a bit heavy but not uncomftorable at all. Use it and enjoy it.

 

[wbaad]

id say use it and enjoy until the ammo is used up (keep the brass!!) then sell er

 

[jparent]

I've seen a few of these rifles around. Hell Canadian Tire sold them at one time.

A rear sight (that wasn't field adjusted with a tire iron and a rock) should be pretty easy to find (same as the 30-30 i believe).

I'd keep it and shoot it, there's 92 deer left in those boxes. But if you want to sight it in once a year, i'd hunt gas stations and corner stores for old ammo stock, maybe take up reloading as a side hobby.

Always wondered why Winchester dabbled in these odd ball cartridges.

 

[elimsprint]

Awesome thanks guy and gals, didn't know much of anything about this rifle besides the fellow who owned was my uncle, it's been hunted with so it does have marks, funny that someone can judge the amount of round fired by looking at the loading gate as it likely has had rounds loaded and unloaded unfired being a hunting gun and all.

Cheers

He put a scope on it, hopefully sighted it in and managed to wreck the rear sight and only ever fired 8 rounds, wow!

 

[mbogo3]

It's been pounded around,so there could well be more than meets the eye.Unless you're a reloader cut your losses and sell it................a rear site will cost you $50 ..........Harold

 

[450yukon]

Winchester introduced the Big Bore 94's in the 80's. Three calibres were made....307 Win, 356 Win and 375 Win. They are great rifles to say the least. Well built and extremely strong. They featured angle eject so a scope could be mounted centred over the receiver as opposed to side mounted on the old top eject models. I used to own the .356 version. I bought it new in 1987. It was supposed to be as close to a 358 Win as you could get in a rimmed cartridge. Likewise the 307 was supposed to do the same as it's cousin the 308 Win and the 375 was to be ballistically the same as the 38-55 and if memory serves the 375 cartridge could be fired in a 38-55 rifle and vice-versa but I could be wrong? The biggest issue with them now is sourcing factory ammunition. If you can find some it may cost you whatever the buyer wants for it as it's nearly impossible to find. I happened to get a bunch a few weeks ago from a home hardware in a small town. They were discontinuing their ammo license and were clearing it out at their cost. It had been on the shelves almost 25 years so I bought it at prices from 25 years ago. Most of that ammo today is upwards of $64/box at last production time!! I would keep the rifle if I were you, enjoy it and keep the brass to reload. My 356 had the same set up with a Bushnell Scopechief VI in 1.5-4.5X. It was a nice bush rifle. Short to carry, a bit heavy but not uncomftorable at all. Use it and enjoy it.

You sure don't want to shoot .375's in a 38-55, way to much pressure difference!