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Winchester 1894 & 94

wayneallen
I have 3 Winchesters in our family. They were manufactured in 1910, 1926, and 1928 and they are all 30-30's in operational condition. The 1910 model has a peep site elevation only, with half octagon and half round barrel. The 1926 model is a carbine with a 330 Weaver post scope-side mount. The 1928 model belonged to a Texas Ranger. It has a peep site with elevation and windage and has 17 notches in the stock. According to family legend the notches came from the pursuit of Poncho Villa and his band of outlaws. I would like to know the values of these guns.
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  • Bert H.
    Hello Wayne...

    The Rifle (made in 1910) is potentionally quite collectable, and therefore could be worth a fair $um of buck$. Unfortunately, without being able to see it in hand (to determine its originality and graded condition), there really is no possible way to say what it is truly worth... except to say somewhere from a low of around $350 to possibly a few thou$and. Now, if you can provide several pictures, and/or describe in detail the condition of all its major parts, I can quite likely give you a closer estimate.

    The Carbine with the Weaver scope is only worth a few hundred dollars at best (excluding the scope). It was been modified from original factory configuration, and that fact significantly affected its value as a collecter's piece.

    The third gun (the alleged Texas Ranger Carbine), will also be reduced in value due to the defaced stock... unless you can provide irrefutable proof that it really was a Texas Ranger's working firearm... in other words, you must be able to show ironclad provenance. That provenance will give the Ranger's name, when he served, what firearms were issued to him, and what significant actions he was involved in. Somehow, I really doubt that you will be able to do that. For what it is worth, Pancho Villa died in 1923... about 5 years before the Carbine in question was made[?] In my personal opinion, it is much more likely that it was never a Texas Ranger issued firearm, and those "kill" notches carved into the stock were either put there by a hunter who owned the gun, or some enterprising "crook" who tried to enhance the value with a bullsnot story. I will leave it up to you to decide.

    Bert H.

    Real Men use a SINGLE-SHOT!

    p.s. forgot to say... Welcome to the Experts forum!
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