Lets get a some lever action #### going

Took a photo of my latest 30-30 acquisition. It is an original Winchester Model 1894 30 W.C.F. (30-30) Takedown with nice original wood and in beautiful condition for a 103 year-old rifle. Received in the Winchester warehouse on March 30, 1903 and shipped the next day. I love this rifle. The barrel has a lot more meat on it than modern day 30-30's making it easier to do accurate offhand shooting. Here is the vintage rifle ....

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Mike, it actually came with a flat top rear sight, a Rocky Mountain front sight, and a tang sight. I didn't like seeing the rear sight across the bottom of my tang sight-picture, so I have removed it and put it into safe storage. If I ever sell the rifle, I would put the original rear sight back on again. The tang sight/Rocky Mountain front sight is a superb combination.
 
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Yeah, you can do MUCH better shooting with the tang peep than the iron sights. The rear sight in your sight picture is a problem though. A friend has a 94 with tang peep and no.22 rear sight but it was shipped with a Beeches Combination front sight. You can rotate the front sight to display a higher sight for use with the tang peep. Once you get each sight zeroed with the appropriate front sight it works fairly well.
 
I got that same set up on my original Model 1894 38-55 shipped in 1897. I don't know what the number of the rear sight is on the 38-55, but it is a low profile flat topped sight.
 
Nice Home Guard Brian, looks like the day some young soldier probably laid his hands on it for the first time.
Kirk: Very nice 1894. Where do you find these beauties!
Matt
 
 
The start of my modest lever collection. Not a whole lot of quantity so far, but there is a little bit of quality there.

The Savage 99 is a given, anyone else want to take a stab at the other 2?


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According to the only marking on it, it is a "Marlin 410". There is no mention of 1893 on it anywhere, but I don't know much about them and they may have been known as the 1893.

It has a low serial # (in the 500's) so I am guessing it was done early in the production run that ran between 1929 and 1932. It takes 2-1/2" shells only and it sure makes for some interesting conversation when you show it to someone.

And the bottom one is a Win94 in 44 Mag.... a little rough around the edges but still a shooter.
 
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Dogbreath, you stole that saddle ring carbine and it is a very early one as well. All I ever see at yard sales are worn out snow tires and broken lawn mowers.
 
Mike Webb said:
Dogbreath, you stole that saddle ring carbine and it is a very early one as well. All I ever see at yard sales are worn out snow tires and broken lawn mowers.
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I know I did:) Its a little rough on the outside but the rifling and everything else is in great shape. I love it and its still a good shooter. I was telling the wife to start the truck as we were leaving. I paid what he was asking for it though. They normally dont put their rifles out so you have to ask. I also got a Browning A5 from him in good condition for 75.00.
 
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