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Model 94, Eastern Carbine
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I was reviewing Berts sticky on the model 94 etc. Bert you made reference to the Eastern Carbine, could you explain more about the eastern and sporting carbine, thanks, Les, also looking forward to your book, hope to see you in Reno this year.
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Generally speaking, there were/are three variants of the Model 1894(94) Carbine;
1. The Saddle Ring Carbine (SRC). When Winchester introduced the Carbine variant of the Model 1894 in November of 1894 (serial number 471), a saddle ring was standard equipment, and it remained a standard item until about June of 1932.
2. The "Eastern" Carbine (Wincheste never used that term in any literature that I have found thus far), was a regular Carbine, but without the saddle ring (special ordered without the ring). Towards the latter part of the 1920s, Winchester began manufacturing them intentionally without a specific special order. Most of the "Eastern" Carbines I have surveyed were made in the 1928 - 1931 time period, but they can be found throughout the same production period as the SRC.
3. The Sporting Carbine was introduced very near June of 1932, at almost the exact same time as the new Proof Steel alloy barrels were introduced, and when the new style ramp front sights (with a hood) were also introduced. Also, the rear sight was changed from the original "ladder" style to the 22-series type (with the short reversed direction elevator). The early version of the Sporting Carbine still used the traditional carbine style butt plate (and they are often referred to as a "transitional" Carbines). Circa January 1937, Winchester changed the butt plate to the "serrated" steel type that was first used on the Model 55 (1924 - 1932). Over the production period 1932 - 1963), Winchester made a substantial number of production changes to the Sporting Carbine (I documented all of those changes in an article I wrote that was published in the WACA magazine in 2009).
I hope this answered your question(s).
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Bert, Thank you for the excellent answer, see you in november, Regards, Les
You are quite welcome Les... see you in Reno next November[:)]
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