30-30 win

banjarfool · 04-02-2008, 05:13 PM

Does anyone know whats the going rate for a 30+ year old Winchester model 94 would be in good shape? I got one and need to know what to ask for it, here locally they are in some shops for 400+ why so high?

jimkim · 04-02-2008, 05:31 PM

Thirty plus find out what year it was made. Win. started cutting corners in 63 or 64 and their guns became, as a result, less desirable. The older ones with solid steel receivers and milled parts are worth more. check out Winchester Pre '64 Model 94 (Win. Model 94) That is the only reason I know for charging that much for a used mod. 94.

banjarfool · 04-02-2008, 05:54 PM

I was just talking to a local dealer on the tele, he said they are not made anymore, is that true?

jimkim · 04-02-2008, 06:08 PM

I just looked at their website I cant believe they quit making '94's and make the 1885 highwall. Marlin gets bought out by Remington and now this?

mitch_mckee · 04-02-2008, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by banjarfool

I was just talking to a local dealer on the tele, he said they are not made anymore, is that true?

That is true. No longer made.

Get your manufacturing date here:

Winchester Dates of Manufacture

Then see what gunbroker.com has sold them for.

texnmidwest · 04-02-2008, 06:13 PM

Another good resource is to go to a Half Priced Books store and see if they have a Blue book of gun values. That should give you a good idea of what it is worth.

nathangdad · 04-02-2008, 07:28 PM

Winchester has not been known for particulary good management
and particularly good business decisions for a long period of time.

As someone else suggested, it was a better firm and a better product before the 1962/63 period.

Collector interest also fuels demand for pre-1962/63 products.

I believe either Savage or Mossberg is picking up the model-94 .30-.30 style. You might check their websites. I have neither seen nor handled the new gun.

04-02-2008, 05:13 PM	#1
banjarfool Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4	30-30 win Does anyone know whats the going rate for a 30+ year old Winchester model 94 would be in good shape? I got one and need to know what to ask for it, here locally they are in some shops for 400+ why so high?

04-02-2008, 05:31 PM	#2
jimkim Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Near the Little Ocmulgee river in GA Posts: 2,324 Blog Entries: 15	Thirty plus find out what year it was made. Win. started cutting corners in 63 or 64 and their guns became, as a result, less desirable. The older ones with solid steel receivers and milled parts are worth more. check out Winchester Pre '64 Model 94 (Win. Model 94) That is the only reason I know for charging that much for a used mod. 94. __________________ "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum."

04-02-2008, 06:08 PM	#4
jimkim Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Near the Little Ocmulgee river in GA Posts: 2,324 Blog Entries: 15	I just looked at their website I cant believe they quit making '94's and make the 1885 highwall. Marlin gets bought out by Remington and now this? __________________ "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum."

04-02-2008, 06:13 PM	#6
texnmidwest Where's that Coyote?! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 4,281	Another good resource is to go to a Half Priced Books store and see if they have a Blue book of gun values. That should give you a good idea of what it is worth. __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

04-02-2008, 07:28 PM	#7
nathangdad Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,943	Winchester Winchester has not been known for particulary good management and particularly good business decisions for a long period of time. As someone else suggested, it was a better firm and a better product before the 1962/63 period. Collector interest also fuels demand for pre-1962/63 products. I believe either Savage or Mossberg is picking up the model-94 .30-.30 style. You might check their websites. I have neither seen nor handled the new gun.

04-02-2008, 05:54 PM	#3
banjarfool Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4	I was just talking to a local dealer on the tele, he said they are not made anymore, is that true?