Win 94 & Marlin 336 Barrel Lengths?

[Hogpost]

I'm looking for a Win94 or Marlin 336 to rebore for 38-55, so it needs to be 30-30 or 32 Rem. Want at least a 22" barrel but the longest I've seen is 20". Was either model recently made with longer barrels? (I don't want to pay for or screw up an "antique"; and all the modern 38-55s seem to be classed as "collectable" which means MuchBux.)

[NickSS]

Winchester made some commemortive rifles with 24 inch barrels and Marlin made or still makes a cowboy model in 38-55 with a 24 inch octagon barrel. Look for one of them they you will not have to pay for a barrel job. I have a Marlin Cowboy in that caliber and it is a great shooting rifle.

[GRUMPA]

I got the Winchester model 94 and it comes in different barrel lenghts. I got the LEGACY in 24" barrel, at the time the other half ordered it for me it had 2 options, Octogon barrel or standard barrel and she got the standard for me back in 99 I believe. But it is a 24" barrel and can drive in tacks at some pretty impressive distances. And that's in 44mag though.

[NHlever]

Check at Gunparts dot com. They may have 24" barrels in stock for either gun since 24" has been a standard option off, and on for many years.

[Hogpost]

Thanks all, but that's been the problem: everything available is either a "collectable" or no longer available. For instance, local shop has a Legendary Frontiersman, no box, clearly much used out in the woods. They want $850 because of its "collector value." And I haven't seen a Marlin Cowboy for sale under a $Grand in several years. But Win 94s & Marlin 336s in 30-30 are a dime-a-dozen, and Jessie Ocumpaugh does a superb re-bore for $250 and will even do it with a sane .376 bore. Going the rebore route, I'd be several hundred bucks cheaper, and have a brand-new bore with my choice of rifling. Thus, my question: do I have any real hope of finding a used 30-30 with 22" or longer barrel? Sounds like not...

[northmn]

I sympathize with the issue, but there are sources for barrels which are not really a economic alternative. Buffalo Arms sells a 26 inch 38-55 Winchester barrel for a 94 in 38-55 for $420 with an octagon configuration. That would be about the best bet but it would require a gunsmith to fit it to an existing 94 action. Were I to really want a 38-55 lever that would be one way to go. Most of the the 38 BP barrels available in blanks are made for singleshots and heavy bullets. I also checked Track of the Wolf and they have a Green Mountain #3 taper 38-55 barrel at 35 inches and about $270 in Winchester profile.

DP

[onceabull]

Hogpost... at local countrytown gunshow 6 wk ago we bought a nice (95%) Legendary Frontiersman with added tang sight for $475... someone is "in dreamland" @ $850,well used no box..Hell, I'd sell mine,NIB, for $725 in a N.Y.minute...Or, I have a used,no box, 99% Canadian Comm.94 in 30/30. that goes for $420, but you are in around $700 after Jesse's work to make a nice 38/55.. No knock intended on that,--I have 3 of his 38/55 remades...Onceabull

[CLAYPOOL]

I feel the same way as most "USED" rifles are pricey + I have a F.F.L.

[Hogpost]

Onceabull, you wanna sell that LF with tangsight, I'll make it worth your while!
Unfortunately, I'm in San Diego, and Southern California IS "dreamland." Some yuppie fool will eventually lay out $850 for the thing and will never actually fire it, which makes it hard for us real people. I hope it rusts on him!

[onceabull]

Hogpost: Sold it already(one week after purchase) at the next country town show..saw it last week,now offered at $675...still there at closing.... Onceabull