Winchester Model 94 38-55
I have a 38-55 SN 270833 made in 1902. My question is... were these guns made as full rifles or were there carbines made also. I have a carbine and remember reading that these were made as a result of some one cutting them down.
thanks for your imput
Steve
thanks for your imput
Steve
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The carbines should be easy to distinguish from the rifles by the following characteristics.
Forearm on the carbine will have a barrel band while the rifle while have a steel tipped forearm.
Carbines in those days would have had a saddle ring while the rifle would not.
The carbine would have a buttplate that was somewhat rounded on the top and bottom. The rifle buttplate is a crescent shape that comes to a point on the top and bottom.
Rifle would likely have had an octagon barrel while all carbines would have had round barrels.
I am not a Winchester collector but believe the .38-55 is a scarce chambering in either rifle or carbine.0 -
Winchester also made short rifles. They can be identifyed by the steel tipped forarm and the uncrowned barrel. A lot of the short rifles had a shotgun style buttstock. True Winchester carbines are not cut down rifles. 0 -
This "carbine" short rifle has a steel tipped forearm, octagon barrel, and a shotgun style butt plate made out of possibly bakalite (not metal)which is not cresent shaped but straight across. There is no saddle ring. So it is safe to say this is highly probable to be an original form?
Thanks for you help!0 -
swnoel, you probably have an original short rifle (not a carbine). The buttplate should say Winchester Repeating Arms. Co. The 38-55, 32-40 and 25-35 are the most desirable. Also the short rifle is more desirable than the standard rifle, eastern carbine or the saddle ring carbine. The only one's more desirable are the take down rifles and the trappers carbine. 0
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