Win.94 top tang question and receiver question, Factory D&T?

[1886]

What was the last year that Winchester D&T the top tang for a tang sight? What year did Winchester begin drilling the 94 for a receiver sight. Thank you. 1886

[Malamute]

I don't know the exact dates, but they dropped the tang sight hole in the 30's I believe, and added the side receiver sight holes in the early-mid 50's. Someone should be along that has exact dates.

The factory would also drill and tap to mount a specific sight a customer ordered. Because it wasn't standard doesn't mean it wasn't factory original.

[Pete44ru]

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The M94 tang sight prep ceased just after WWII; the M94 receiver sidewall peep sight prep was introduced in 1951 (around SN 1350000), and discontinued with the introduction of the M94AE in 1982.



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[Griff]

Madis states in "The Winchester Book" that 94 receivers "are provided with one threaded hole for attaching a tang peep sight serial numbers near one million; just before number two million was passed some receivers were drilled and tapped on the left side for a receiver sight." IIRC, the D&T'd receiver for a receiver sight was about '53.

[Pete44ru]

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The transition SN, from the tang sight prep to no prep, was @ about SN 1,300,000.

The transition SN, from no prep to the side prep, was @ about SN 1,350,000.


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[earlmck]

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The transition SN, from the tang sight prep to no prep, was @ about SN 1,300,000.

The transition SN, from no prep to the side prep, was @ about SN 1,350,000. .

I think we've got the dates close but not your serial numbers for the side prep, Pete. Dad's old m94 he bought new in 1950 has a serial # of 1709094. And of course no tang or peep holes drilled.

[ollogger]

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The transition SN, from the tang sight prep to no prep, was @ about SN 1,300,000.

The transition SN, from no prep to the side prep, was @ about SN 1,350,000. .

I think we've got the dates close but not your serial numbers for the side prep, Pete. Dad's old m94 he bought new in 1950 has a serial # of 1709094. And of course no tang or peep holes drilled.

Earl
is yours stamped 30-30? I have one bout 60,000 younger & is stamped 30 WCF
mine is not drilled, but wish it was for the Rec. sight

[Griff]

... Dad's old m94 he bought new in 1950 has a serial # of 1709094. And of course no tang or peep holes drilled.

Earl
is yours stamped 30-30? I have one bout 60,000 younger & is stamped 30 WCF
mine is not drilled, but wish it was for the Rec. sight

My 1950 is ser# 17030XXX is marked "30-30 WIN" Also sans tang or receiver holes.

[Pete44ru]

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The transition SN, from the tang sight prep to no prep, was @ about SN 1,300,000.

The transition SN, from no prep to the side prep, was @ about SN 1,350,000. .

I think we've got the dates close but not your serial numbers for the side prep, Pete. Dad's old m94 he bought new in 1950 has a serial # of 1709094. And of course no tang or peep holes drilled.

I was citing author Robt. C. Renneberg, of the Winchester Collector's Assoc., in his book: "Winchester's Model 94 - A Century of Craftmanship".

If it was my M94, with a SN out of the range he quoted, I'd wanna contact him, so he could update his database.

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[earlmck]

Earl
is yours stamped 30-30? I have one bout 60,000 younger & is stamped 30 WCF
mine is not drilled, but wish it was for the Rec. sight

My 1950 is ser# 17030XXX is marked "30-30 WIN" Also sans tang or receiver holes.

Like Griff's, mine is also marked "30-30 WIN"