Nevertheless, 94 lore often seems to contain a quiet, melancholy wish that the gun would lay them in a bit closer together.
That said and accepted, we can appreciate the Model 94 for its rustic looks, great handling characteristics, and quick followup shots. One of the common threads running through Model 94 commentary over many long years is that the arm is not very accurate compared to bolt action guns. In investigating performance of rimmed cartridges Ackley once took the locking lug completely out of an old Model 94 leaving the breech block with no support at all.Īll cases appeared to be normal except for excessive primer protrusion. Ackley, the intrepid, mid-twentieth-century, wildcatter and experimenter. In case you are not convinced, I will cite an experiment by P. In fact, I think you could measure the headspace of your thirty-thirty by comparing lengths of a just-fired empty and a decapped empty. Fired factory ammo of all brands usually comes out of these rifles with the spent primer set back a few thousandths from the case head. My personal opinion, based on experience with seven different. Some later versions of the Model 94, on the other hand, were chambered for more power with the.
Note also that the Model 71, a successor to the Model 86, used a powerful smokeless load, the. The 86 was chambered for some real blasters, albeit at black powder pressures, and modern Model 92 replicas easily handle cartridges in the. More than once I have read that the Model 94 action is stronger than that of its predecessors, for it was made using modern steel in anticipation of firing smokeless powder cartridges, but the earlier Browning designs were never thought to be weak. In both designs the locking lugs drop out of and rise into locked position by virtue of direct lever attachment. In the Model 94 the single locking lug also rides in vertical receiver grooves, but blocks the full width of the bolt at its rear.
This seems quite an elegant way to lock a lever bolt, and most folks think these arms operate very smoothly. So, perhaps we should rather ask how the design of the differs from that of the Models of and The main difference is in the design of the locking mechanism. It was designed by The Master, and I am a duffer. In context, the Model 94 appeared a bit later than the very successful lever action models of andalso Browning inventions, which had similar action characteristics and from which the 94 then departed into what would appear to be simpler, perhaps stronger, and more easily manufactured design territory. Here comes my humble dose of thirty thinking. Indeed, the gun, the cartridge, and their hunting adventures always seem to be worth some space in the shooting press, so watch out. For about years the Winchester Model of has been provoking thoughts in print concerning its various uses and attributes.
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