I am going to sell a 1973 Winchester model 94 that is in very good shape for its age. The bore is good and all outside metal only has minor oxidation spots in a couple places (can't even tell from more than a few inches away) and the wood only has a couple minor indentations, possibly from bumping another gun in the safe. What is the approximate value of something like this? I know this isn't even close to the pre-1964 models but it seems to be around $600-800 on gunbroker. These are the SELLING/BIDDING prices, not just what people are asking. I priced mine at $600 and people think I am too high. New ones are double that.

Around here theres a shop that gets so many win 94's in that they sell them for 220-300.00 a pop.

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1973 is about the low water mark for collectable model 94's - at least until you get to the cross bolt safety versions.

At that point in production they used a few stamped parts and an odd steel alloy in the receiver that is difficult to re-finish.

In my experience accuracy is slightly less as well. I have a 1956 model 94 that will produce 1.5" five shot groups at 100 yards with a fair degree of consistency, but my 1973 Model 94 is only a 2.5" five shot group shooter with the same tang sight at the same distance.

With that said, they are probably the best bargain around in Model 94's as collectors don't get crazy over them, yet they still have the look and feel of the originals and still shoot well (the Model 94 is a 200-225 yard rifle at most in .30-30, and a 5" group at 200 yards is still more than adequate for lethal chest/heart lung hits on deer sized targets.)

Which is great news if you are a buyer but not so hot if you are a seller.

As noted above $300 is a fair real world price if it's in good condition and $350 if it's in very good to excellent condition. $200-$250 is more likely if it looks well used.

When Winchester discontinued the 94 a couple years ago they were selling new for @ $400. You can't campare those rifles produced at that price point with the way over priced rifles they are selling now. This was a marketing decision. They saw how much people were paying for the Japanese made rifles like the 95, 71 and 86, and figured why should they pay fat lazy American workers so much to produce the 94 for a third the price of those Japanese made rifles. Thus they abandoned the American worker, and started making the 94 overseas, and charging $$$ for it. This doesn't make the previously $400 rifles suddenly "worth" that much. $600 is fishing for a sucker. Hope you find one, as that would be a coup, but don't start spending the money yet.
I see nice used 94's at the local Cabella's (which is usually overpriced), for @ $400 all the time.

Low to mid $300's seems to be the going rate around here, if in good condition. I picked one up a couple years ago for $275 in perfect shape (71 or 72 manufacture IIRC).

I just paied 325$ for a new 1972 30-30 model 94. Just put the first 20rds through it the other day it shot great.

Same here.