Thread: 30 30 Winchester

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Here is a web site that tells your gun's birthday:

http://www.cowichanbay.net/winchesterguns/serial94.html

My oldest Winchester 94 was made in 1971 and I paid $65 for it brand new....I have others that were made later. The 94 was changed at some time to allow an angle eject since the top eject interferred with scope mounting. Marlins are bottom eject (CORRECTION, they are side eject). I only have one Marlin right now, it has a completely different weight and feel than the Winchesters.

Model 94s were never made in Japan to my knowledge. The Nippon company that made shotguns for Winchester was Mikoru (sp?)

You should first inspect the gun very closely and clean it. If you have any doubts, take it to a gunsmith for a checkup. Then, go check out the sighting of the scope....if it's been stored for any time, the alignment needs to be checked. When Winchester finally quit, they had made over 7.5 million of these things...quite a record.

mike in tucson