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Posted: 10/19/2013 8:06:03 PM EDT
Ok, so I have the opportunity to get a pre 64 94. Serial range 13xxxxx Looks to be in alright condition. It has a stock pad on it though. Buffer.. What would be a fair price for a rifle of this type? Anything to look for?
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I have a 1953 that I got for around $250.00. Hope that helps. Mine appears to be in about the same condition as yours. However that was in 1993 - it's worth a lot more now. A pre-64 Model 94 in a common caliber like .30-30 or .32 Win special will bring around $600-$650 in NRA "good" condition .. This one appears to potentially be in better condition than that - with the exception of the butt pad, which tops it out at "good" condition. However, with that aside, it has the potential to be in perhaps "very good" or even "fine" condition if it had a correct butt plate for that time period (not too hard to find) and if the stock was not cut down to install the pad i.e still has the correct length of pull without the pad). If that;s the case it would probably be worth $800 to $1,000 in "very good" or "fine condition" respectively once a correct butt plate is found for it. A fair price for it would be $800, if it's otherwise in "fine" condition and the stock is uncut, and $1000 if it's otherwise in excellent condition. Otherwise even with the pad $650 is still a fair price for it. Now...those are fair prices that a collector would pay, so they depend on holding it long enough to find the right buyer. For a quick sale the seller would probably take less - but again $650 is about the floor for a fair price for a pre-64 Model 94. With a serial in the 1.3 million range it was made between 1942 and 1948 (the records from 1,221,290 to 1,500,000 were lost). NRA antique standards |
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Let me put it this way. My father in law wants a pre-64 Model 94 in .30-30 and wants to spend around $450. I'm still looking for one that's not totally beat up or missing lots of original parts for that price point. Unless it's in a lot worse shape than it looks and has something else really wrong with it, it's worth $600.
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| Well. I got it. Now Im not sure if I want to keep it or not. I never know until I get a gun home if i will like it or not. I thought about getting it back to original or just putting it in the safe. The bluing on it looks pretty good. Its not super pitted up and the rifling looks good. I have to many guns in 2 safes though. Maybe I could list it to trade? I dont know.. Im like a teenage girl. |
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Just as any business, it's all about Location, location, location.
Some areas mdl 94s are rare and priced accordingly. Other places not so much. I believe that's a $300-$450 gun... pretty much where-ever you might be. There's an awful lot of folks that think they have the last one that's any good. Hey, wake up out there! They made nearly 5 million of them... and one that's been "bubba'd" ain't anything special. I paid $250 for a '63 a few years ago, someone had engraved their DL # on the receiver..., I sold it for the same to a guy that HAD to have one from his birth year... I do collect them, and have them from almost every decade since they were introduced up to the introduction of the AE. (missing a 1940s). And frankly, despite what others might say, the best bargain in the Winchester 94 world is a post '64... especially the late '70s. They have the best feeling action of any era, even if they do suffer some anomolies with their finish. Keep your eyes open, you'll eventually find one that's in better condition, and if you have to pay $600 for one you don't have to feel you "settled" for, you'll be happy you waited. |
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I agree the Model 94s made from 1964-1981 are much better deals as shooters. They are the real sleepers in terms of model 94s.
It does vary by area as well, in part due to their continued availability and/or demand as hunting rifles. Another factor is how well tuned the local shops are into on-line markets such as Guns America and Gun Broker. If they are, that pretty much eliminates them as slower moving items and the price rises accordingly. |
| You guys who think that's a 300-450$ rifle are high on paint thinner --(unless the stock was butchered) ------ easily a $600 rifle and perhaps more if all it needs is a metal butt piece. The old days of some backwoods pawnbroker who has never heard of Gunbroker are almost gone --- admittedly, sometimes you can find great deals, but that is drying up -- and sadly , a lot of goofballs on GB list crossbolt safety AE's on there for $800 too (and never sell them) , but this is not a crossbolt safety AE model |
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