I got my Late fathers 30 WCF

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I finally pried my fathers 94-30wcf from my brother. I wanted it for years but finally he agreed on a trade , I shot my first moose at 15 years of age with this rifle, this rifle has killed more than 25 moose and many bears some over 500 pounds. I am a Marlin guy along with many nice bolts but after a 3 hour cleaning I know why I always wanted it ,It has a great trigger a silk action there is wear on the blueing but the wood is great. This rifle has the flat band my Dad got it from an American GI in Stephenville NFLD at the Air Base in 1949. I think it was made in 1948 as the serial number is 147947#. I think I will try to get a whitetail with it this year .This rifle has Never had a hiccup and is very accurate I am pleased I hope to pass it on to my boy later in life but I now know why a slick 94-WCF is so sweet
 
A family heirloom for sure & you are very lucky to have it. Enjoy the rifle & post a pic if/when you harvest an animal with it, would be nice to see a pic.

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Jay
 
I got my father's 12ga, .22 and a pellet gun we used when we were kids, grandfather's Stevens .25, and other grandfather's Deustch Werke.22. I missed out on my uncle's 44-40 because I hadn't updated my POL to PAL. I think it was a model 1892, with octagon barrel. It got sold at auction. I'll always regret that one getting away. :(
 
Those old family heirloom rifles are priceless indeed.
Have Dads and Grampas pre-64 (of course) Win 94s both in 30 WCF.
Also have Gramps first moose rifle which is an original Win 92 in 44-40.
The 44-40 seems light for moose but that old gun put down a few of them.
Three rifles I'll never sell.
 
Pics please! I love the heirloom stories. My Grandfather had an old .22 hanging on the wall when I was a kid. I have no idea what happened to it after his passing but I think I'll ask around the family now.
 
Great story!

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freebore said:
I finally pried my fathers 94-30wcf from my brother. I wanted it for years but finally he agreed on a trade , I shot my first moose at 15 years of age with this rifle, this rifle has killed more than 25 moose and many bears some over 500 pounds. I am a Marlin guy along with many nice bolts but after a 3 hour cleaning I know why I always wanted it ,It has a great trigger a silk action there is wear on the blueing but the wood is great. This rifle has the flat band my Dad got it from an American GI in Stephenville NFLD at the Air Base in 1949. I think it was made in 1948 as the serial number is 147947#. I think I will try to get a whitetail with it this year .This rifle has Never had a hiccup and is very accurate I am pleased I hope to pass it on to my boy later in life but I now know why a slick 94-WCF is so sweet
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I can relate to this. I also have my late father's 30-30 Winchester carbine. He bought it when he could afford to. Which for a father of a growing family, was not until 1966 on sale after deer season at the CFB Shearwater Canex. It had considerable meaning to him as he was a 15 year old Belgian citizen at the end of WW2. To him, owning a proper deer capable rifle was the epitomy of freedom from tyranny. In the meanwhile some RCN veterans of that war befriended him and always seen to it that someone always loaned him a .303 rifle for each hunt. This slick little carbine was built in 1956.

Cheers
 
I have a model 94 30WCF saddle ring carbine made in 1911. It was passed down through the wife's family. I was told the only way to hit the broad side of a barn with the old gun was if shooting from inside the barn. Well, I bore-scoped it and it was pretty filthy. Some Wipe-out overnight and what came out looked like ball point pen ink. After some more cleaning, the bore came alive. I can print 1 inch groups off a sand bag using the tang sight at 100 yards and hand loads. The old girl shows that they got things damned right 100 years ago. I also laugh when people think they need kabooming magnums for hunting in Canada.... for decades we used these old winchesters and lead bullets to take every type of game in North America. Enjoy your rifle.... it is a real piece of history and heritage.
 
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