wonderwolf
03-09-2015, 11:44 PM
Finally got a chance to walk around the gun show over the weekend, everybody was out probably due to cabin fever. Didn't get out from behind the tables until a hour till closing. Another vendor had just pulled a Winchester 94 30-30 out from under the table to replace the spot of something else he had just sold when I was walking by. I picked it up and looked it over, functionally (I thought) it looked fine from what I could see. He wasn't asking much so it followed me home. I slipped some dummies in it and the first one went between the carrier and lever...."thats odd"....finally I got the dummies out and proceeded to take it down. Found a broken firing pin and what looks like a VERY bent carrier. My own fault for not looking closer I guess, though the bent carrier can be hard to detect the firing pin should have been obvious.
Now the receiver comes out to 1968 and upon reading it seems guns from this era are to be avoided due to the carriers....learned that a little late I guess. The bolt looks like a pre-64????? and the mag tube was not put on right so somebody has been inside this gun before as they left a few tracks on the screws maybe swapped parts etc. But nothing terrible except the broken firing pin and bent carrier.
I'm doubting this is worth much to a collector esp in the condition its in. Numrich has the firing pin but I'm having trouble finding a carrier, I can bend the old one back to shape and make sure it works first and that it doesn't have any other issues but these really aren't that complicated.
This is one of the receivers that couldn't take the old blueing solution cosmetics don't bother me however, so long as the slightly rough barrel doesn't cause a lot of leading with the cast boolits I'll be happy. Was really hoping it was just the carrier but the firing pin kind of ticks me off some more. I can fix it no problem its just putting more money into it on the chance it might shoot well makes me uncomfortable.
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Now the receiver comes out to 1968 and upon reading it seems guns from this era are to be avoided due to the carriers....learned that a little late I guess. The bolt looks like a pre-64????? and the mag tube was not put on right so somebody has been inside this gun before as they left a few tracks on the screws maybe swapped parts etc. But nothing terrible except the broken firing pin and bent carrier.
I'm doubting this is worth much to a collector esp in the condition its in. Numrich has the firing pin but I'm having trouble finding a carrier, I can bend the old one back to shape and make sure it works first and that it doesn't have any other issues but these really aren't that complicated.
This is one of the receivers that couldn't take the old blueing solution cosmetics don't bother me however, so long as the slightly rough barrel doesn't cause a lot of leading with the cast boolits I'll be happy. Was really hoping it was just the carrier but the firing pin kind of ticks me off some more. I can fix it no problem its just putting more money into it on the chance it might shoot well makes me uncomfortable.
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