Hiya gang,

I have a Win '94 in .30-30, born in 1953. Quick question: when cocked and ready to fire, is it normal for the trigger to have a ton of play in it? Mine shoots well, and feeds flawlessly, but that damn trigger is swinging in the breeze like no other I've ever seen. Think a little boy's loose tooth loose. TIA for any input.

KG

Sounds right, mine moves cocked or uncocked something like 1/2". But once I take up the slack, only 1lb sets her off. . . ready or not.

Mine is the same, I believe that's just the nature of the beast.

Thanks for the input, guys. As one of you guys point out, once the 'slack' is taken up on the trigger, it breaks at less than 2 pounds, I'm sure. One more question: I'm looking to put a peep on it, as it has the standard buckhorn irons on it, and I'd like to hunt with it wearing a peep. Any suggestions? NECG? Williams? Others?

Thanks again, I do appreciate it.

KG

I have the Williams on sevral of my M94s. Just make sure you get the Foolproof and not that crappy 5D. The elevation on the 5D is easy, but getting the windage set could drive you sane. The Lyman would also work just as well as the Foolproof.
Paul B.

Kamo Gari,

Like the others, my 94's trigger flops back and forth too. I believe I read somewhere once that there was a fix for it, where you could put a tiny spring to hold it forward IIRC. I don't remember where that was, and I may have read it back in the 70's out of a magazine.

If I had a 53 model, I'd look for a period Lyman 66 sight for it. Anything else and you'll always regret it. The newer sights are made from aluminum, but you owe it to the gun to get a steel one. I put a folding leaf sight in the dovetail of mine:



You can keep it folded and it stays out of the way. Also, I shoot TONS better with this leaf than with that crappy buckhorn sight. Before I changed it I thought the gun had problems it was so inaccurate, a decent rear sight changed that.

Are you going to have to D&T your receiver then?

Again, if you are making changes to your gun might as well put a sight from that era on it, and it will be a better quality one too. Someone here might have one, but I seem to think they'll sell for $50-$80 on the market.

Yes on D&T. Thanks much for the help!

Leighton,
For a peep sight consider this
http://www.montanavintagearms.com/images/subs/comb_detail1.jpg
It is worth every damn penny

Or consider this
http://www.montanavintagearms.com/130_windgauge.html

And then what are going to use up front?

What sort of hunting are you going to do with it?

And GAK on the D&T. You should be able mount a tang sight without such mutilation.
Brent

Those look sharp. Rifle will be used primarily for NH/ME/VT deer. Most shots are less than 100, but up to 200 are definitely possible in some places. I'd limit my shots to 150, tops, if I can get it to shoot to my satisfaction. I really just liked the rifle and wanted to bang around the woods with it hunting. As yet it's just been a range gun. At 50 yards I bounce soda cans around like nothing, but hoping to have something that lends more to accuracy. Sure would be fun to take alongl; it's a handy little bugger. Thanks for the suggestion, B. I'm a hack at this kind of stuff. Would you recommend sending it off to have done? It sure looks as if would screws right on after some careful measurements and pilot holes, but maybe I'm oversimplifying. I'd sure hate the fook it up...

Leighton your rifle should have the tang already tapped for a tang sight. MVA will produce bases with screws to mate exactly with a given rifle. Give them a call and see, but I'm sure that you will pull a plug screw in the tang and the rear most tang screw that reaches down to the trigger plate. These will be replaced by screws that come with the sight.

I could be wrong about this as I don't do repeaters as a rule, but I think this is right.

End result, no holes.

If you want to save a little money and can deal with a bit less money, find a new made Marbles for your rifle. Should be in the $125 range, but remember, you get what you pay for (nothing new there).

Brent