[Its a shorter barreled rifle, 19" ]
FYI - Model 1894 "Rifles" generally have forend caps ILO a barrel band, and a crescent butt ILO the curved/flat carbine buttplate with the roll-over top.
R U sure the barrel isn't 20", measured from the muzzle, via a cleaning rod downbore to the face of the closed bolt - the standard Model 1894 Carbine length ?
Although, since the magazine tube looks like it was shortened and the forward band moved back, I suppose that the barrel could also have been shortened an inch to meet your ancestor's "druthers".
The pic of the receiver looks like it is a Second Model receiver, which started in mid-1895 at about SN 3xxx after a few lower SN's were made.
The barrel pic shows the first type of nickel steel designation, known to have been introduced on .30WCF & .25-35 guns after about SN 12,000.
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Last edited by PetahW; April 9, 2010 at 07:52 PM.
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