Winchester 94 help wanted

As it happens I had the pleasure to handle a friends very nice Win 94 .30 WCF this morning and had a nice chat with him (gun collector) . I asked about the value and it depends on a few things.

This one I saw was very rare; it was a breakdown Carbine, octagon barrel with the flip up peep sight on the tang. It was valued to the right buyer for more than a $1K.

If it is the more common model, the price drops to the sub-$800 mark, again based on all the other factors.

You have a nice gun there...very nice weight to it, love that peep sight (worth over a $100 in itself ) !

Interesting post. I have an 1894 44-40 Winchester carbine that I shot a deer with 5 years ago. I am going to follow up on some of the suggestions given and see if I can find the value of this gun.

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Originally Posted by Foxx

Interesting post. I have an 1894 44-40 Winchester carbine that I shot a deer with 5 years ago. I am going to follow up on some of the suggestions given and see if I can find the value of this gun.

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Is that a Model 1894 in .44-40 or a Model 94 in .44-40 or a Model 1892 made in 1894?
As far as I know, Winchester never made the 1894 in .44-40, though Marlin did.
I believe all Winchesters in .44-40 were stamped either Model 1873, Model 1892 or Model 92, or Model 94.
You may have a real rarity. The .44-40 is a fun cartridge; I wish I had kept the one I had.

Skeeter1, give Don Kennedy a call at 705-522-8012.

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Originally Posted by GW11

Looks like you can buy a new Marlin 1895 in .444 again. Hopefully that helps with the ammo issue.

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Hey - just checked the marlin catalog - you're right. It's back as an 1895 model, not as the .444S.

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Originally Posted by Foxx

Interesting post. I have an 1894 44-40 Winchester carbine that I shot a deer with 5 years ago. I am going to follow up on some of the suggestions given and see if I can find the value of this gun.

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It's possible you have an very odd/rare rifle that *shouldn't* exist. The m94 wasn't chambered for .44-40 until the 1980's. The m92 was chambered for .44-40 until it's end in 1940. There is also a lesser-known marlin 1894 which was chambered in .44-40 - but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't confuse the two. Just curious - what year does your serial number indicate the year of production for your rifle? If it's an early one, it is a rare one.

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Originally Posted by werner.reiche

It's possible you have an very odd/rare rifle that *shouldn't* exist. The m94 wasn't chambered for .44-40 until the 1980's. The m92 was chambered for .44-40 until it's end in 1940. There is also a lesser-known marlin 1894 which was chambered in .44-40 - but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't confuse the two. Just curious - what year does your serial number indicate the year of production for your rifle? If it's an early one, it is a rare one.

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My 44 40 was patented in New Haven Connetticut in 1884 and the serial # is774205. Iron sights and it is dead on.

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Originally Posted by Foxx

My 44 40 was patented in New Haven Connetticut in 1884 and the serial # is774205. Iron sights and it is dead on.

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Way cool.
I do believe you have a Model 1892 Winchester, built in 1915.
John Browning received that 1884 patent, and used the vertical locking lugs described therein on both the Model 1886 and the 1892.
I had a 24-inch round-barreled rifle I wish I'd kept.

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Originally Posted by werner.reiche

Hey - just checked the marlin catalog - you're right. It's back as an 1895 model, not as the .444S.

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I sure liked that one I had for the short time I had it.

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Originally Posted by Foxx

My 44 40 was patented in New Haven Connetticut in 1884 and the serial # is774205. Iron sights and it is dead on.

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Then it wouldn't be a m94 then.