Anyone know where this model 94 has been?

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Picked up this VG+-Exc. 1955 production (pre-64 obviously) Model 94 in .30-30 this week. It's in really beautiful shape - the only signs of wear are a very little bit of wear to the varnish on the butt, some blueing wear on the bolt rails (normal) and a small sport of wear on the top of the barrel where the gun must have rested upright in a rack for a few years. Definitely has not seen very much use at all. Bore is about perfect.

There's a 6mm or 7mm "R" cartouche stamped into either side of the butt and under the forestock. It's a serrifed stamp set, not like a cheap princess auto stamp. I think it looks old too - maybe nearly as old as the rifle. The gunsmith I got it from thought it might have been a prison guard gun but didn't know for sure. Came in with an estate sale of guns.

Got the gun for $350 OTD.

Anyone seen this stamp on other Winchesters before? Know what it means?

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Looks great, Congrats!

Somewhere I have heard of the "R" thing, but I don't remember...man this is going to bug me. :D
 
Most Corrections/Police Winchesters I have seen were stamped in the metal on the frame. It would be easy to sand away a stamp on the wood if the identity of the gun an issue.I have no other ideas but that is a nice carbine. Take it hunting that's what it was made for.

cheers Darryl
 
madtrapper143 said:
Most Corrections/Police Winchesters I have seen were stamped in the metal on the frame. It would be easy to sand away a stamp on the wood if the identity of the gun an issue.I have no other ideas but that is a nice carbine. Take it hunting that's what it was made for.

cheers Darryl
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Actually, its easier to remove stamping from the wood. There is a chemical process to bring numbers out of metal even if they have been completly filed off.
 
OK, well I am going to hunt with it eventually. Too many guns are in the queue first, but this one will eventually get its turn. My being left handed, this is as good as it gets without going jammo-o-matic :) The pre-AE thing also helps us southpaws!

I sure hope someone remembers about the R stamps. I'm tellin' ya - this is not a bubba stamp from the look of it. Has to mean SOMETHING. ;)
 
Pure Energy said:
Actually, its easier to remove stamping from the wood. There is a chemical process to bring numbers out of metal even if they have been completly filed off.
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I wouldn't remove it from the wood until you find out what it signifies. Maybe a bit of history.
 
I have no intention of removing the stamps. The original varnish is 90%+ on this rifle, sanding off the stamps would ruin that ;)
 
dande jack said:
it could have been issue to the northern rangers in canada,they had them.Jack
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R is definately for Ranger, gifted to the home Rangers at the breakout of WWII. My hunting partner keeps his for nighttime bear defense. I love it, great history and a real beauty.
 
No!

No, it simply means "Reject" and you should not try to shoot it.
Instead sell it to me for $50.00 including shipping and free yourself from the task of destroying it. I'll do it for you.
PP. :p ;)
 
Claven2 said:
I doubt it's a Ranger WW2 rifle, given that it dates to 1955...(I think?)?

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I'm thinking not Claven. I've got a North West Pacific Ranger's lever rifle, although most of them were 30-30 Winchesters the odd Marlin was issued as well which is what I happen to have. (This branch of the Rangers was enacted for fear of Japanese invasion on the Pacific coast).

I went up and had a good look at mine when you posted this and there is no "R" on it anywhere. There's the C-broad arrow crest on both sides of the but stock, on the right hand side of the receiver, and top of the barrel. No markings on the forestock.

Mine happens to have been made in 1941. I'm just about positive that by '55 when yours was made all of the Ranger groups used 303s.

Still curious where the hell your rifle comes from too :confused:
 
no no..

PerversPépère said:
No, it simply means "Reject" and you should not try to shoot it.
Instead sell it to me for $50.00 including shipping and free yourself from the task of destroying it. I'll do it for you.
PP. :p ;)
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Obviously the "R" stands for my first initial, so it needs to come to my house for immediate care...I am of course willing to offer a finders fee of $100.00, and cover shipping. :D
 
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