Picked this little sweetie up today.
Its an 1894 eastern carbine 30/WCF.
It has a nice curved steel but stock a real good bore and an interesting revolving front site that was a factory option.
The front site has 3 posts that have about 10, thousandths , in hight increments.
So far i am real happy , with the 650.00 I paid for it.
Compared to the ones I have seen on the web its a heck of a buy...tj3006

Type in your serial number on this page and you'll get an mfg. date:

http://www.savage99.com/winchester1894_dates.htmhttp://...hester1894_dates.htm

I just picked up an 1894, 30-30 Win. made in 1955.

This same pawn shop had a post '64 in 30-30 and a 1948 mfg. in 30 WCF. The latter was loose as a goose, and a couple chips out of the wood. Still, at $299 "asking" I'm sure I could walk out the door with it for about $260. (I'm a regular buyer.)

I don't think the Eastern carbines had a cresent butt plate, so that may be a parts gun, check it out carefully, but curved steel may mean the simi cresent buttplate and that is correct for the Eastern carbine as is the shotgun butt plate.

Congratulations on the new baby, Thomas!

She is a sweet- looking 1894.

Let us know how she performs.

Them old Winnys aint cheap. Good find.

Ray,
I have it from a real Knowlageable collector
That eastern carbine is a myth. he could be wrong of course, but he says If you bought a 94 carbine Before 1927 it either came with a ring or you had to special order.
If you orderd after 27 the reverse was true.
I recently read in a book the same thing exept the book said the change ocurred in 1925.
it sort of makes sence when you consider that was about the time the car started to really take hold.
I am confident this one is origional.
...tj3006

Thomas Jones, here is my 1927 Model 94 SRC. Are you saying the buyer at the time had to special order it with a saddle ring?
What book are you reading? I need to do some
Thats a good looking 94 you got there!

Actually , I have it from 2 different sources, one puts the year at 1925 that winchester made the saddle ring an optional item. While the other says it occured in 1927 or 28.
Either way , I like the saddle ring , I had a couple before and I would braid a strip of leather around it to kep it from clanking on the reciever...tj3006