The Winchester Sporter Model 94 has the traditional straight grip stock with a crescent butt and blued steel buttplate. Note the 24 in half-round, half-octagon blued barrel that's reminiscent of the original rifles. The walnut stock is finely checkered in the familiar pattern with double-lined bordering. The satin oil finish complements the blued receiver which is drilled and tapped for scope mounts. The hammer is drilled and tapped for a spur extension, which is included with the rifle. The Sporter has a semi-buckhorn rear sight and a fine gold bead on the front. This model is available in 30-30 Win. or 38-55 Win.
Specifications :
- Action: Lever
- Caliber: 30-30 Winchester
- Barrel Length: 24 in
- Capacity: 8 + 1
- Trigger: Standard
- Safety: Hammer
- Length: 42.5 in
- Weight: 7 lbs 8 oz
- Stock: American Walnut
- Finish: Blue
Caliber Dictionary
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The 30-30 Winchester (30 Winchester Center Fire or WCF) was introduced in Winchester's John Browning-designed Model 1894. The rifle was intended for smokeless powder…but the first smokeless powder sporting cartridges, the 30-30 and 25-35, weren't ready for release until 1895. Its "30-30" designation meant ".30-caliber, 30 grains of powder." This is a carryover from blackpowder designations, but 30 grains of smokeless powder gave the 30-30 unprecedented velocity for its day. The 30-30 quickly became America's gold-standard deer cartridge--and despite the many faster cartridges now available, it remains a very effective deer cartridge out to perhaps 150 yards. It has been chambered in single-shots and bolt-actions, but its traditional home is the tubular-magazine lever-action...which requires very blunt-nosed bullets, the lone exception being Hornady's FTX with a compressible polymer tip. All major manufacturers offer 30-30 ammuntion, and rifles are available from multiple sources. — Craig Boddington
