question on winchester wood

manchie390

i have a chance to buy a winchester mdl 94 in 30WCF - DOM 1920, question is it has a buttstock with raised cheekpiece & a red hard rubber buttplate - is this a add on or was it offered like this at that time? thanks for any info

rick

He Dog

I am certainly no expert on 94's. Henshaw's book The History of Winchester Firearms 1866-1992 has this to say: "Stocks Sporting rifle, rifle type butt, pistol grip or straight grip, stock and forearm of plain walnut. Fancy Sporting Rifle, rifle type butt, pistol grip, fancy wood, checkered. Extra Light Weight Rifle, shotgun butt, straight grip. Fancy wood was special. Carbine, carbine type butt (changed to shotgun type butt stock in April 1937), straight grip. Extras such as shotgun buttstock with either metal or rubber butt plate, special dimension stock, straight or pistol grip wer also furnished at extra cost."

I suspect both the butt stock and butt pad have been replaced, but you need more of an expert than I to really answer.

He Dog

manchie390

Thanks HeDog, thats a good start-

rick

Bert H.

Hello manchie390...

Winchester did not offer a cheekpiece buttstock for the Model 94, and they are extremely rare on any lever action model (a very limited few Deluxe 1873s & 1876s were made with 3X cheekpiece stocks). The only commonly found Winchester of that era with a cheekpiece stock is the Model 1885 single-shot. With all of that said, IF somebody was REALLY persistent (and did not mind paying through the nose), Winchester would make just about anything a customer wanted. However, by 1920 Winchester was no longer in the habit of providing anything that was not listed as a special order option. My bet (99.98%) is that the stock on your Model 94 is somebody else's handi-work.

Bert H.

Real Men use a SINGLE-SHOT!

manchie390

kinda figured that, thanks much for info

rick

Hangfire

I agree with Bert. I have seen countless levers over the years, and none have had a cheekpiece.

Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob