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Winchester 1894 in 25-35
hunter.b
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We have a Winchester 94 rifle in cal 25-35 with good blue and clean stock.About 85%. Is this a rare caliber? Made in 1917. Any ideas on value?
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We have a Winchester 94 rifle in cal 25-35 with good blue and clean stock.About 85%. Is this a rare caliber? Made in 1917. Any ideas on value?
Production info by caliber is noted in the sticky (a topic that stays at the top of the topic list) by BertH. He is a resident Winchester expert on the forum and did a rather extensive study on the subject. Here is the link to the above sticky
http://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=245213
You might also want to look under this link to make sure your rifle was in fact made in the year you think it was. If your using information from the Madis collection, you could be as much as 5 years or more off.
http://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=245213
I suspect that you do not have the correct year of manufacture. With the serial number, I can provide the exact month & year it was manufactured. Is it a "Rifle", or a "Carbine"?
Seems I see more SRC's in 25/35 than I do rifles, did your survey show more of one than the other?
In the years 1895 (August) to mid-year 1907 (May), there were relatively few Carbines made in 25-35 WCF, as the overwhelming majority of Model 1894s manufactured were rifles.
From Mid-year 1907 to the end of the year 1927, the ratio is (204) rifles versus (189) Carbines.
From 1928 to 1953, it is (378) Carbines versus just (26) Rifles.
In summary, from August 1895 through December 1927, Rifles outnumbered Carbines by a 57:43 ratio. Thereafter, the ratio changed drastically.