After sighting in at 60 feet, I could easily cover 5 shots with a nickel kzfaq.infoUgkxQt2uORDRfFOVSrO4idv4B90ThT6EOnEL ! Truly a pleasure to shoot! Scope was easy to adjust for eye relief. Only problem the varmints must have seen it delivered lol!Update: So impressed with shot groups at 30 yards I purchased a Hammers 3×9 with adjustable Objective scope! Now a true nail driver!

The hell with sleep, teach me the wonders of the whimsical Winchester, Othais

Thank you for yet another wonderful video, Bear-Man and Forest-Woman.

A couple of days ago I bought a Winchester 1894 made in 1919. I have a 1892 also. The 1892 can be cycled slowly and it is still very smooth. If the 1894 is cycled slowly it does have that hangup, but if cycled quickly it is almost as smooth as the 1892.

Love the sneak in with "war were declared."

I'm just a simple man, trying to keep a decent sleep schedule. But when a C&Rsenal video posts, I pour another drink and Play.

It's amazing how much research went into finding the lost French Winchester '94s. No wonder it took so long though. Its very exciting that there's still things to discover.

When it comes to Winchesters in the Belgian Congo there is also a mention in Heart of Darkness. Marlow says "The pilgrims had opened with their Winchesters, and were simply squirting lead into that bush." (p.74). So aside from the wonderful Freudian imagery it seems Conrad saw them there in 1908. (So not the French contract, for what that's worth.) You know, now that I think about it, I might be a geek. Another great episode.

My 94 in 30/30 is 1950 manufacture. Excellent condition, blueing and wood look great. Great fun to play "cowboy" at the range. This is a shooter and will be passed to my kids, grandkids or beyond.

I recently got my firearms license. You and Ian have me pining over a winchester lever action.

Interestingly, the Winchester 1895 does the same thing with exposing all the guts, but during Ian and Karl's mud test of that rifle, they didn't have much of an issue with that. Just an interesting bit to share, because I'm dubious as to whether or not that would have actually been a problem.

As a Pennsylvanian, I have a strange, natural urge to own a Winchester 1894.

When I asked for a Winchester special, silly me thought it would be one special with 1892's, 94s, 95s, and 97s. BUT NOOOOoooo! You are able to fill a whole show with one gun at a time. AWESOMENESS!

"Would you take this rifle on a boat to keep uboats from staying afloat? Would you take it in a trench then up on over a barbed wire fence? It was issued to couriers in a pinch and could brought to action in a sinch After winning the west it would give quite a scare, if you pointed this at a Germans derriere For an 1894 that's all I can say, so let's get this over to Mae"

I love how you collaborate with other gun channels. I had to order one of Ian's shirts along with yours. I don't know why I love those French rifles so much. I'm excited about you rerecording the Lebel and Berthier episodes eventually. Back to the Winchester, my dad has a '94 he bought like 20 years ago. Unfortunately it's from 1965, missing the mark by a year for a more collectible rifle. Oh well, it's still a great rifle. I remember being ten years old and shooting the thing because my dad said it wouldn't kick. I nearly dropped the rifle after my arm went numb from the recoil. I still love that rifle.

The part about the Signal Corps using them in a lumber dispute is great.

"dope hat, not as dope hat" She speaks the truth, man.

It's a perfectly fine weapon to include. Heck, some of the more obscure handguns you've covered had production around this number. It's relevant to many tales of the war many have ever heard

These guys just keep getting better and better.thank you

Tuesday morning coffee time and a boat load of cookies for me. Johnny B did it again, and Mae is having a blast, while Othais is lecturing the classroom. Awesome cowboy hat, Mae!

As to the point about the 30-30 Winchester being many Americans' 1st rifle chambering: it was certainly mine. Over the course of 1 year when I was 13 and then 14, I was presented with a Marlin Model 60S .22lr, a Mossberg 500 12gauge and a Marlin Model 30AS in .30-.30 Winchester. As an idiot 20 year old I sold them to a cousin, who was a real 'piece of work' as they used to say, and now 30 years later, it still saddens me. Now, I buy, I don't sell.

Here’s my model 94 tale. I only wish you could see what it looks like…stunning. Expect see it on the cover of American Rifleman some day. Manufactured 11 June 1898 and delivered to my family in 1899. My father took it everywhere as he was a Maine hunter. The buck head on my family room wall over the fireplace was shot in Maine by him as a youngster probably around 1935. It accompanied him to his diplomatic assignment in Vietnam in 1950 when he used it tiger hunting with Emperor Bao Dai. He took it with him to Japan in the late 1950s for bear hunting in Hokkaido. While in Japan he had it overhauled. Steel engraving, along with silver inlay engraving, and reblued and restocked in tiger eye maple. It is stunning! I starting out seeking the 32-40 ammo for it in 1976 and sourced both old green boxes of Winchester ammo and saved brass at Sutter’s in Colorado Springs. Years later I discovered I could reshape 30-30 into 32-40 but then troubled finding rifle bullets in .32-so I found a couple of antique Winchester 32-165 bullet molds and began to make my own. It is a very mild shooting rifle, with a significant provenance. In the looks department there is no equal. Ser. no. is 115983. I have no regrets that my father had it restored when in Japan. They are true gun craftsmen. Very much enjoyed your history lesson, on the model 94. Mine was very much a Maine hunting rifle until it went globally with us on various Air Force assignments. I can only suspect my grandfather took original delivery of it in 1899. Thanks again for a lot of history!

Not gonna lie, I now want a sorta-postapocalyptic waterworld-esque series called 'Sea Cowboy' about manatee wranglers walking around with lever actions.

I bought a pre-64 model 94 (1957) that had been stored in a sears and Roebuck leather gun bag for 63 years from its original owner who said he put one round thru it and decided he liked drinking better. I paid $300 for it. Runs great. Looks almost new.

Two pieces of Cascadian history I was unaware of in this one, nice.

As a weapon lover , it's an amazingly interesting show . Bravo from France

Both the 92 & 94 are the very best examples Of well balanced and handy light rifles ever made, They are quick handling accurate and reliable to a fault

A number of 1894s were used in Vietnam. I heard this from an old soldier when I enlisted back in 1982. Don't know where they got them, but he says he had one.

My Marlin 336 in 30-30 and my Rossi 92 in .357 are great fun. Pretty much out of the box I could hit whatever I wanted to with the 30-30. Love that round!

I'm just going to say that the Congo is some of the thickest jungle in the world and I wouldn't go in there without a gun.

Today is my birthday, Thank you very much for this wonderful present!!!

I was about to go to bed also. The fact is I would watch your show for just May shooting (I love her smile as she looks at her target). But your information is first class. Keep up the good work.

My great great grandfather was a logger in Washington state during that time frame. Thanks for that history lesson.

I just picked up a 30-30 model 94 that (according to Winchesters website) was made in 1912. Octagon barrel, shoots amazing!

I love the shell fly over Maes head at 15:51, beautiful.

i love the way the spent rounds eject cleaning over mae's part

I love my '94, we have been spending the bulk of my life in the woods, river bottom, or in the slough. Light to carry, good knock down power, and it is my favorite rifle. I also like my double barrel 20 gauge, which allows me the choice of buck or bird shot

Great episode guys! Love me some '94. Also love the cross promoting of 2 of my favorite channels.

I’m lucky enough to have one these French 1894’s, picked it up at a gun show and pepole were just walking past it not knowing exactly how rare it was. The sight, Serial numbers and production date match with it being of these French rifles.

What didn't not happen in '64? :) Never knew about the '92 & '94 history in the Great War.Thanks again for your work!

Excellent. Well done! I don't subscribe to many channels, but This one is added to my brief list.

Yeah! All .32 Channel will return!

I've hunted for YEARS (30+)with M92 in all conditions including MUDDY swamps. I NEVER EVER had a single problem with the rifle jamming. My post 64 M94 is more haggard than your example. But is and all ways will be my go to gun for hunting. I would choose my AR for its firepower in a zombie apocalypse. (is that still a thing?)

"One of these things is not like the other. One of these things is .30-30." I don't know why, but I laughed. Maybe it was the delivery but it was humorous.

I love C&R guns! My Winchester 94 his a serial number of 1144873 (circa 1941). I gotta say it feels like a vary solid well balanced gun. I absolutely love it!

super cool man! great work you guys did tracking those down!

a friend of mine owns an original aeropostale. we call her "vieille dame", the old lady. she's great, and very respectable.

Fantastic ! Just love watching these chips

I have a true American 94 never used in Belgium or Russia or any place but America, as a American citizen I am interested in how it was used, who owned it first. All original and I've followed serial numbers to help me produce the actual year purchased etc. I love it, it's magical when I touch this old 30 30, of course its got some wear like any of them that has been used, but not beat up in any way. Tight as a barrel lid and shoots like a dream come true. The rifle was taken extra care of and cleaned oiled loved by original owner. Hard to believe after all these years a rifle could be usable and accurate as if just purchased from Winchester. John Browning was a genius. He should of not sold his rights to the Winchester co. I have purchased other Browning weapons and find they are the same as the 94, true accurate solid dependable even after many years of being loved by others. JUST had to mention my beautifull 30 30 that I love to hunt with or just target 🎯 shoot. If only she could tell me the times she has seen, what a tale she could tell. I guess you know by now that I love her.

I believe it was also used by US Signal Corps as well. It could have been used by US engineers and artillery personnel too but I'm not too sure.

"and no, I don't mean the 1895" Aw you're just teasing us at this point!

"SEA COWBOY CAPTAIN " and Dr. Seuss!! Absolutely perfect!

Love it! Great video

Thank you Michael

Excellent video and probably one of the top 10 videos of any specific subject..., well spoken, written and produced brother. I have expanded my knowledge of I thought was maxed out in the lever area but any .32 win special strange metal receiver make up? Thanks again

I worked at a high production sawmill, I was a sawyer employee and I am disabled from there and trust me, the industry is still only worried about production and not the people

Love to see a video on the Winchester market and why many Military muskets.

Very well done as always

These were heavily used in Mexico during the revolution and the cristero war ...we still have them in the family

I have a model 94 marketed by Sears in the early 1950s. It is marked with the Sears model name, but it is in all things except the fore stock cap a 30-30 Winchester. Still has most of its bluing, and the bore is pristine. Long barreled version. These things were very popular and were marketed by a lot of companies like Sears and Montgomery Ward. (Who are they, you ask? LOL)

very informative, thank you

Yay! Home from work, s/s/s, grab a beer, and it's boomstick time. Oh, and I have read that the '94 in .30-30 was very popular in the US as a turn-of-the-century law enforcement tool: it outranged the bad guys pistol caliber lever guns.

These lever guns in WWI filled the need that the M1 carbine would fill in WWII.

I love my full length '94. True, it's in .25-35 (.25 WCF) and made in 1947, so it doesn't qualify for your show, but it's still a sweet shooter.

For Swiss guns see Bloke on the range he covers the development of Swiss rifles beyond belief.

Omg the sound effects for "war were declared" lol check it out again if you haven't. It's around 11:40

My brother had one i think dated 1920 or 22 and just gave it away to his bosses son a few year's ago so it's probably floating around still around Athabasca, Alberta 🙂

To think how many firearm innovations we would have missed had there not been Mormon polygamy....

YAY! More 32s to come! Man, I really love the 94. I knew that the French had good taste, Winchester 94 for the win. Great vid.

Thanks that very helpful too know my W94 30W.C.F. ties too the milita rangers, including the military shoulder strap, a captain in US ARMY INFANTRY. God bless America amen. 🇺🇸

Awesome video.

Everyone should have one Winchester 1894 pre 64 those are amazing;) good video

i have a .32 1894 passed down through family dating back to 1905. fun as hell to shoot

The thing I like the most of the early m94`s is the cuts on the lower receiver to make the balance move about an inch forward.

Just took my duty belt and uniform off and got the notification! I love this channel! Will we see the Mosin Nagant (I'm not one of those Russian or Mosin fanboy) or the Winchest 1895 7.62x54r?

Going to have to say, the point of the lever action not being suited for trench warfare is well.......wrong, the way browning actions work is always pulling away from the internals, thus flinging any muck on it's action off, and when it closes it's more tightly closed then a majority of bolt action rifles of the day, you would have to be running the action of the gun while in direct contact with the mud and grime and well, that will kill any rifle, regardless of action. the vast majority of manlicher clip feeding rifles had gaping holes in the bottom of their actions, never seemed to be all that much of a problem. This is only continued by the Russian soldier's love of the 1895, i'm sure you will come to this in the coming episodes, but the 1895 was so valued by the Russians over the standard issue rifle, that men would crawl into no man's land to recover them off the bodies of their fallen comrades where they would have normally left them lay,. And we all know how simple the Mosin 91 is, if a soldier is willing to risk his life over a rifle that is in theory twice as complicated, that says more then enough about it.

*easy to use and very well*

Love you othias and your rifles.

Good show!!! 😎👍

Nooooooo, I've been eyeing that Winchester 1895 on the wall this whole time and it's not the next episode? Now I'm sad and will have to comfort myself by rewatching earlier episodes.

Very nice 👍 video. Thanks for posting

Living in the PNW, I was definitely interested by the history of the spruce production issue.

Great information. I just acquired a 1963 model 94 in great condition, so this video was very interesting to me. BTW May is hot!

Great video!!

Special thanks to James and Michael for research and riles? *applause*

Ian mud tested Winchester. It beat all the bolt guns. Was 100 percent reliable. The lever gun reigns Supreme as a combat arm over any bolt gun.

Have been subscribed to your show for a while and was watching your credits at the end of the program today thinking "Man I wish this was on a DVD I could buy". This prompted me to realise that I really should be paying for this show I enjoy it so much. Have now contributed to your Patreon, the first time I've ever used that Service. Keep up all your amazing work and thank you so much to everyone both in front of and behind the camera responsible for this incredible show. Also looking forward to the updated Bertheir episode when you do it :-)

I have a question about the Spruce Guns. How hard are they to find? And what is the serial numbers associated with them to date them?

I clapped for Michael.

Patiently waiting for 1903 Springfield episode

the way that a winchester lever action carries makes an ease to carry all day

Tell Mae the little pocket on the right side of her jeans is for .30-30 rounds! Geoff Who notes the knowledge of his ancestors.

That’s awesome

Awesomeness

Dammit I was about to go to bed.

36:26 Holy shit, it has been two years already? Time sure flies when you are having fun!

In a trench, or on a boat... this was starting to sound like a Dr. Seuss book... Another great vid, thank you!

Simply said i fucking love this show.

Thanks so much . I have a 1892 in 45acp was South America police service

Thanks!