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Winchester 1894 hammer spring. PIC Added

GuvamintCheese
This Win 94 (serial no. 2,583,488) is very late model pre 64 gun. The hammer is much harder to pull back than my other lever guns of the same model. My question is was this stndard towards the end of the 94 run or did someone replace the spring?

Here is a photo with the stock off, Is that a correct spring? Thanks

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  • He Dog
    I have two, a .32 and a .30-30 from 1958 that are quite normal. Maybe you had better send me that defective one for safety...


    Darn! [V] Well it was worth a try[:p]
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  • GuvamintCheese
    quote:Originally posted by He Dog
    I have two, a .32 and a .30-30 from 1958 that are quite normal. Maybe you had better send me that defective one for safety...
    It makes it hard to cycle the action, but it doesnt make it free...[:D]
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  • pruss
    Hey He Dog, I have a .32 and a 30.30 both MFG. in 1958 too.
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  • glabray
    The SN of your gun places it very close to the end of the pre-64 design guns. The last pre-64 guns had SNs very close to 2,600,000 and the earliest post-64s have SNs around 2,700,000. Winchester had a long history of playing fast and loose with serial numbers for a variety of reasons. It is just possible, that your gun has the earliest, and worst, post-64 design of hammer & spring. That system eliminated the hammer stirrup that had worked so well for decades, with a simple recess in the hammer to contain the end of the spring. I have seen several of these guns that have hard to cock hammers although none with a SN as low as yours.
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  • Bert H.
    Todd,

    The serial number on your M94 indicates that it was manufactured in late 1962 or very early 1963. As such, it is very doubtful that it has a post-63 style hammer spring, but removing the butt stock will quickly answer the question for you.

    As a side note, pre-64 serial numbers reached the low 2.6 million serial range, and the post-63 serial numbers started at exactly 2,700,000. Winchester apparently shutdown production of the Model 94 for at least several months in late 1963, as pre-64 serial numbers 2,600,010 and 2,600,011 were manufactured and shipped in February of 1963.

    Contrary to glabray's mistaken peception, Winchester did not have any history of "playing fast and loose" with serial numbers. My research and study of the original records at the Cody Firearms Musuem does not support any of George Madis' published opinions concerning serial numbers, or those that are espoused by glabray of same.
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