can i choot it??

[sergeant69]

i have an old (obviously) winchester 94, saddle ring carbine. #7905XX. is this a black powder only? i wanna go hunting w/it using a lyman 173 gr. flat nose over IMR 4198. doesn't say black powder on it anywhere. thanks

[1Shirt]

When in doubt, have a gunsmith check it out!
1Shirt!

[sergeant69]

yea, its a 30-30 (30 WCF)

[sergeant69]

anybody know when it was made? how to tell?

[largom]

My Blue Book says it was made in 1916.

Larry

[sergeant69]

cool. thanks. supposedly my grandfather used it hunt deer and elk in the sacramento mountains in new mexico.

[gwpercle]

The Winchester 30-30 was introduced as a smokeless powder round in the 1894 model. Every model 1894 and 94 were constructed , designed etc. for shooting and reloading with smokeless powder so you don't have to worry about the steel being for blackpowder, If it's in good mechanical shape it will be safe with factory , or factory equivlent loads. Don't try and hot rod the old ones, remember they are over 100 years old now.

gary

[sergeant69]

thanks. thats all great infor. gonna load 20.0 grs of IMR4198 under WW cast 173 gr FP so i think that will be a good safe load.

[sergeant69]

also....can someone suggest a good BLUE BOOK to get? the last ones i had were from the early 80s. wish i still had em! thanks again!

[Gtek]

Gunbroker = it does not cost anything. High to low. Gtek

[sergeant69]

Gunbroker = it does not cost anything. High to low. Gtek

ok....i am a member on gunbroker and went there but dammed if i can find a free bluebook service. little help por favor?

[starmac]

Still trying to figure out exactly what choot means. lol

I don't think gun broker has a blue book per say, but you can get an idea what your models has sold for.

[sergeant69]

Still trying to figure out exactly what choot means. lol

I don't think gun broker has a blue book per say, but you can get an idea what your models has sold for.

choot?? watch SwampPeople

[jh45gun]

choot?? Watch swamppeople

why lol

[sergeant69]

because on the Swamp People show the cajuns (my cousins) have to have crawlers on the bottom of the screen so you know what they are saying. when its time to take a gator out they yell "shoot it" but being the lords of enunciation they are....its come out as "choot it". my moms family are from LA in the lake charles area and in the 60's when the cousins would visit we kids could understand about one out of every ten words they said. . my grandfather would have to translate. one went to to basic at ft.bliss where we lived and he said his drill sgt. had to have another one translate for him. said he had no idea he didn't talk like the rest of the world.

[jh45gun]

I know what you meant I was joking with you I am not a fan of any sort of so called reality tv.

[sergeant69]

yea, i kinda suspected that but decided to answer anyway. maybe it will clear it up for starmac.