Pre or Post 64

Bigahh · Post by **Bigahh** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:53 pm

I know this has been talked about several times over, but I simply cannot find the old post. Went to a Gun Shop an hours drive away, and they had quite a few model 94 Winchesters on hand. One in particular had a serial number 2 million 7 something, should have wrote it down. Anyway the gun looked to be in good shape for 399.00, not really a bad price no matter the year. If it would have been a 32 special it would have come home with me. I just wanted to know if there is a way to tell the difference by glancing at the rifle?

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:01 pm

There are several ways to tell very quickly. The easiest is to look at the bottom of the action. If there is a screw in the forward end of the link, then it's a pre-64. No screw, post-64.

Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:02 pm

The number puts it in 64 or 65.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:02 pm

Here's the link to the excellent pictorial that J Miller put together.

http://onesticky.levergunscommunity.com ... sters.html

Bigahh · Post by **Bigahh** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:03 pm

Thanks Ted! It did have that screw. I may go back tomorrow to take a better look!

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:09 pm

That would be a darn good price for a pre 64 around here. A local shop has had a 1948 model on the shelf for quite a while for $650, and it's not in very good shape.

Lastmohecken · Post by **Lastmohecken** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:09 pm

TedH wrote:There are several ways to tell very quickly. The easiest is to look at the bottom of the action. If there is a screw in the forward end of the link, then it's a pre-64. No screw, post-64.

I always look for the screw, but some of the angle ejects have the screw, however they should be identifiable as angle ejects.

Also, when you pick one up if the lever is already hard against the small of the stock, it's probably a pre-64, because post 64s are set up a little different where the lever has to be squeased and held against the grip, to make them fire. This is one reason I prefer pre-64s. I don't like the feeling of that lever moving.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:47 am

Lastmohecken wrote:
TedH wrote:There are several ways to tell very quickly. The easiest is to look at the bottom of the action. If there is a screw in the forward end of the link, then it's a pre-64. No screw, post-64.
I always look for the screw, but some of the angle ejects have the screw, however they should be identifiable as angle ejects.
Also, when you pick one up if the lever is already hard against the small of the stock, it's probably a pre-64, because post 64s are set up a little different where the lever has to be squeased and held against the grip, to make them fire. This is one reason I prefer pre-64s. I don't like the feeling of that lever moving.

All Winchester 1894/94s require squeezing the lever up against the bottom of the lower tang in order to fire. The trigger block safety has been a feature since 1894. I have a very late '63, #2584xxx. According to Armscollectors.com, the post 64 model began with # 2,700,000.