JGalt
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- Mar 9, 2011
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A 1964 Winchester Model 94 30-30 rifle. I asked a guy if he had any guns and he brought out three: A crappy Italian-made .22 auto rifle, a bolt-action shotgun, and this. His asking price was $30, which was a steal. 1964 was the first year Winchester started producing a slightly different design for the Model 94. 1964 and post-1964 Winchesters aren't worth as much as the pre-'64 models, but this one is still worth about $400. Notice the brass plating on the receiver showing through the blackening. They used a lower grade of steel that year and plated the receiver. I disassembled it after watching a Youtube video, scrubbed the parts clean with solvent, oiled it up, and re-assembled it with no problem. Then I gave it a test-shooting on some 100-yard AR500 steel targets. It rang the target every shot, and will make a nice deer-slayer this winter.