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WolfPaw

Dear Friends:

Several people with whom I have spoken do not believe Winchester model 94 30-30 rifles are generally accurate.
What do you believe? have you ever owned an accurate Winchester 94 rifle?

Kindly,
WolfPaw

Teach

I..........wonder..........why.........he...........changed..........his.........handle?
Jerry

shotgunshooter3

Teach wrote: »

I..........wonder..........why.........he...........changed..........his.........handle?
Jerry

Has WMG finally found his way back to us?

CAtrailrider

I use mine out to 100 yds with iron sights with great results
To be old and wise, you must first be young and stupid

Jayhawker

Mine was accurate enough for what it was...as a truck and saddle gun it got the job done...

snake284

WolfPaw wrote: »

Dear Friends:

Several people with whom I have spoken do not believe Winchester model 94 30-30 rifles are generally accurate.
What do you believe? have you ever owned an accurate Winchester 94 rifle?

Kindly,WolfPaw

The 94 is built strictly as a saddle gun Whereas the Marlin is a little heavier and is smoother. Therefore it seems to be a bit more accurate. However, as for what it is, the 94 can be fairly accurate. Remember it is not a long range rifle. It is a medium short to medium range rifle that happens to kill very well out to a couple hundred yards. If you put lever revolution Bullets in it, you can kill deer out 250-300 yards. A Marlin will hold the group together a bit tighter and the action feels more solid.

DunRanull

The 94 Winchester has only been around for 125 years and the most popular general purpose deer rifle of all time. John Browning generally knew what he was doing as an inventor and firearms designer. One would suppose any alleged inaccuracy issues would have been worked out by now.

robert38-55

shotgunshooter3 wrote: »

Has WMG finally found his way back to us?

:roll::uhm: Kind of looks like the style WMG used back in the day doesn't it Teach?

DanChamberlain

I've only done one head to head comparison between the Winnie 94 and a Marlin 336. The Marlin was actually a little Glenfield with with the stubby 20 inch barrel and the five round magazine tube. Using the same ammo, Federal 150s if I recall, the Winnie, a pre-64, would stay inside 6 inches at 100 yards on a bench. The Marlin would stay inside 3 - both with open sights.

The Winchester carried like a dream and balanced exactly at the right spot. The Marlin...well it didn't.

Given the two, I'd keep the pre-64 for collector's purposes, but the Marlin for hunting.

Dan

sherwood

My Marlin out shoots my Winnie every time. But.....it still gets the job done every time.

NN

Welcome aboard or back.
Which is it?

NN

CAtrailrider:
Welcome aboard.

Antonio

Dad owns one since the mid '50s and it's pretty accurate for hunting shots in the 150-yards range with the factory iron sights & commercial ammo.

justin10mm

I know Craig Boddington in the past wrote about his 94 trapper being very accurate with a receiver sight.

softwarejanitor

The Winchester 94 in .30-30 that I own is not particular accurate and I had to shim the hell out of the scope on it to get it to shoot to point of aim. FWIW, it is one of the later ones made in the old factory before they closed it down a few years ago.