There was a time that Winchester would make a custom model 94 in just about any length barrel or customized any way you liked, caliber permitting. One of my wife's best friends father, had a new in the box model 94 with a 12" barrel. My wife and I were at her house visiting ( her dad was living with her as he was some what old at the time early 80's). He was born before the turn of the Century and this was at end of the 70,s. Him and I got to talking and told me he was the Sheriff of Winslow Arizona and from there we got to talking about guns, then he said I have a gun I want you to see, he went to his bedroom and brought out this Winchester box I couldn't believe what I was looking at. It truly looked brand new. He let me hold it, I looked it over real close it was stamped 30 WCF. He said it had never been shot. It was not registered. I would loved to have had that Winchester. Also because he had bought that gun new and it had never changed hands he did not have to register it. At that time I don't think I could have afforded the $300 paper work. He had the original paper work with it, I don't remember how much he paid for it but I'm pretty sure it was less than a $100 dollars.