Winchester 30-30

Delis

Delis

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Hey Guys I was looking through my safe Queens and was interested in the Winchester 30-30 I have. It was given to me from my father years back and I have done a little research on it but I'm not a Winchester collector or a pro so I have few questions, I was hoping to get some feedback on it. My first question is underneath the action the letters "CU" are punched and I wasn't to sure what that means?. I looked up the serial number and I did find out that it was made in 1954. My last question is the value of Win 94 I have seen a few for sale with a variety of prices but i thought to get some ball park figure for this one. The action on it is tight and the bore is in good condition, I posted some pics and I hope I could get some honest and proffesional opinions on this Win 94 so if you have few minutes and would like to share as much info as you like on this piece it would be muchly appreciated. Thank you

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Since Winchester stopped production, prices have soared. Up to that time, the rifle would have drawn about $250.00. Now, depending on condition, it could go as high as $400.00.

Surprising to see the front sight hood still in place. Keep it there for sales, an indicator of a cared for rifle (might be BS, but an indicator none the less). Lots of hunters, me included, threw that away, because of low light sighting problems.
 
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John Y Cannuck said:
Since Winchester stopped production, prices have soared. Up to that time, the rifle would have drawn about $250.00. Now, depending on condition, it could go as high as $400.00.

Surprising to see the front sight hood still in place. Keep it there for sales, an indicator of a cared for rifle (might be BS, but an indicator none the less). Lots of hunters, me included, threw that away, because of low light sighting problems.
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John I'm surprised you would value a gun with "the bore is in fair to good condition" that high?? I would never pay that much for a 94 with a questionable bore. :confused:
 
Hey Guys thanks for the feedback so far. I will try to post some pics of the bore so you can be the judge but I won,t be able to ti'll Sunday I have a gunshow to go to this weekend in Chilliwack :D hahahaha
 
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John I'm surprised you would value a gun with "the bore is in fair to good condition" that high?? I would never pay that much for a 94 with a questionable bore. :confused:
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Senior how many shots through a barrel would make it fair to good??
I assume the bore would be very good.
from 1954-now do you think 20 rounds per yr were fired through it?
20-or so to sight it in and a couple of wacks to drop a deer. Max
This is not a 1898 shoot everything gun
Meanea
 
It isn't the shots through the barrel that count. What counts is how long it sat around in a humid area with a rusting barrel.
 
Oooooo.... NICE! :p (we need a "drool" smiley)

Good for you but too bad for us that it's an heirloom. I'm sure lots of people here would love to buy that off of you even with a "fair" bore. :)
 
I love them old levers, hey since some smart winchester guys here .Ive got a 92 win 32-20 wood is in fair cond.(stock) the font sight was replaced at one time with half a penny. she still shoots good so should I fix her up or leave her as is?
 
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I love them old levers, hey since some smart winchester guys here .Ive got a 92 win 32-20 wood is in fair cond.(stock) the font sight was replaced at one time with half a penny. she still shoots good so should I fix her up or leave her as is?
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If you can find the correct replacement sight go ahead and fix that. i wouldn't do anything else to it.
 
I had a 1954 30-30 and it was about 80% blueing left and great bore. I was lucky I got high end for a "shooter" for it. Pre War is where the real value lies and in the CONDITION..CONDITION...CONDITION. If the gun is altered an anyway, the value drops...The "cu" stamps are an inspectors mark, I belieive.
 
Meanea said:
Senior how many shots through a barrel would make it fair to good??
I assume the bore would be very good.
from 1954-now do you think 20 rounds per yr were fired through it?
20-or so to sight it in and a couple of wacks to drop a deer. Max
This is not a 1898 shoot everything gun
Meanea
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That was my thinking as well. The definition of "fair to good" will determine it's value. It's hard to imagine that the bore is in bad shape looking at the outside of the rifle.
A check of Accuracy Plus's web site showed a '94 in "Fair" condition, listed at $275.00
 
I'm the happy fellow who bought Winnipeg Toymaker's 1954 30-30 in 85+% condition for $400. It is in quite a bit higher condition than the one in Delis's photo. I think Accuracy Plus's value for a used Winnie in fair condition (I might rate Delis's carbine a bit better than 'fair' .... maybe 'good') would be close to the value of Delis's carbine ..... say, $275 to $350. Delis, your 30-30 looks like a nice honest carbine, still in decent condition. The even wear on it gives it a nice sense of history.
 
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This thread got me thinking about my pre-64 30-30 carbine.
Talk about a cared for rifle, I had to take it out and look at it again! :)

It was given to me by my father-in-law for Christmas a few years back, along with a full stock Mossberg .22.

In the mid 70's, before he moved his family here where I met, and married his daughter, he was a Yale University professor. He hunted deer for many many years as a boy and young man in the forests of Maine and Connecticut with this rifle. Strangely, he never hunted this gun here in BC....:)confused: have to ask him about that one day)... but every 6 months he took it out from storage and cleaned and oiled it, along with a few nice shotguns he has, and put them away again. Been doing that for about 26 years now.


To complete the chain, I really should hunt this gun before passing it on, in my turn, to my son!

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Many years ago when I was a teenager, I borrowed a homesteaders 30-30, 94 carbine, to go moose hunting. The rifle looked beautiful on the outside and I literally walked on air as I carried it home. At home I took my older brothers cleaning rod that he used for his 30-06. When I pushed it through the barrel of the 30-30, the cloth came out chewed up! I worked for hours, with what little cleaning equipment was available, but could make no difference to the rough barrel.
So, went moose hunting, but took my brothers 30-06. Shot my first moose and was very happy to take a roast of moose to the neighbor, along with returning his 30-30. The neighbors first words were, "You didn't shoot a moose with that rifle, it can't hit a barn door!" Moral. Always look through the barrel.
 
Minty '94 there popcan. Mine used to look like that. :)

Mine has suffered the rages of being the "dogger", that is trying to keep up with the hounds, and, in later years, being the dog. It's seen beaver ponds, sliding down hills, fell off the roof of my Jeep once, it's had a rough life.
Pictured here with my 1886.
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