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B.L.E. · November 6, 2012, 08:20 PM

I went into Cabelas in person today during my lunch break, I work only about a mile away, and looked at some of the '94s in their gun library. They had one they were asking $12,999 for.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Gun-L...3Bcat103589280

I also looked at a couple of the "new 1894's", one by Miroku and another made by Winchester. Both were in "rifle" configuration. What immediatly stands out is how the trigger is so far forward in the trigger guard. It's sort of like the trigger on the transfer bar Ruger single action revolvers only the trigger does not go rearward when the hammer is fully cocked. There is a long trigger travel before it actually hits the sear, my guess is that this either raises a transfer bar or lowers a firing pin block.

My dad had a rifle configured '94 with an octagonal barrel, steel crescent butt plate, and it was chambered for .32-40. I killed my first deer with it when I was 11, so the "rifle" style '94s have a special place in my heart.
My brother has that gun now.

November 6, 2012, 08:20 PM	#42
B.L.E. Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Somewhere on the Southern shore of Lake Travis, TX Posts: 2,603	I went into Cabelas in person today during my lunch break, I work only about a mile away, and looked at some of the '94s in their gun library. They had one they were asking $12,999 for. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Gun-L...3Bcat103589280 I also looked at a couple of the "new 1894's", one by Miroku and another made by Winchester. Both were in "rifle" configuration. What immediatly stands out is how the trigger is so far forward in the trigger guard. It's sort of like the trigger on the transfer bar Ruger single action revolvers only the trigger does not go rearward when the hammer is fully cocked. There is a long trigger travel before it actually hits the sear, my guess is that this either raises a transfer bar or lowers a firing pin block. My dad had a rifle configured '94 with an octagonal barrel, steel crescent butt plate, and it was chambered for .32-40. I killed my first deer with it when I was 11, so the "rifle" style '94s have a special place in my heart. My brother has that gun now.