The Winchester Model 1894 Lever Action Rifle

[SpiroHrvoje1989]

Ron Paul/Potterfield 2012!

[xxfroobxx]

that's a gun that I'd own! how much?

[guitarguy474]

How do you not love Larry Potterfield?

[oldschoolgreentube]

Larry for President!

[FrozenKoolAidDude]

@oldschoolgreentube And demote him?!?!

[pecospest]

Oh Oh Larry...among the classic 94 cartridges you forgot the 25-35 !

[pureawsm94]

@pecospest mate sorry to inform ya but it wasnt the 25-35 it was the 25-20 1892 winhester

[TNbassfishing]

I have a winchester 30.30 model 94 and I was wondering if you can mount a scope on it even if it is top ejection

[biggseye]

@TNbassfishing Yes, There are several manufacturers of scope mounts for the 94, I have a 94 carbine in 32 Winchester special with a Bushnell Banner 2.5 power scope that I use in heavy wooded areas for whitetail. the mount goes on the side of the receiver. The other option is to use a long eye relief scope and mount the scope in the "scout" position. That is the scope in front of the receiver.

[jmantime]

this should be in call of duty or battlefeld as a bonus weapon in multiplayer

[donmacchiarolo]

uploaded on my birthday

[cammike10]

@nightrage39 my girlfriend can lol

[theimpossablepossabl]

I have a 1894 but it looks nothing like this. It has a steel band around the barrel and around the grip. Also the barrel is round, not octagon. The Hammer is smooth and the stock sights are totally different. hmmm plus the rear flips up and is adjustable.

[irishbroog92]

@theimpossablepossabl check the model number (check it with wiki answers) and you will know what year it was made in. mine was made in 1907 smooth barrel

[theimpossablepossabl]

I have a 1894 but it looks nothing like this. It has a steel band around the barrel and around the grip. Also the barrel is round, not octagon. The Hammer is smooth and the stock sights are totally different. hmmm

[nolanhistory77]

@theimpossablepossabl i know that larry did not express this but in this video he reviewed the winchester 94's "Military" version which was 24" or more, octagon barrel, and cap lock for the guns handle instead of the "civilian" 94's gun band. Hope this helped...

[RCvolunteer1978]

hey which one was for the .357 was it 1892 ?

for many years i wanted a 357 pistrol and rifle chambered with the same Ammo but for a few years i was not thinking of guns but the needs of a dieing mother who did not want any guns near the house

[thelukai14]

my dad has a post 1964 30-30 which he hates (he uupgraded to the marlin 336 in 35 rem) and he also has a saddle ring carbine in 32-40

[mrcummins05]

I have one pre 1964 with a 20" barrel. I am wanting to get another with either a 24" or 26" barrel. Which would you/people recommend?

[darrylhaynes]

i have 2 of them

[woodstock3312]

There's no way I could reload my rifle that fast. I hate when my nice thing gets old

[Thelonesniper101]

It's a great rifle, but i prefer the marlin 336.

[haynesb2488]

I have had a winchester 30 30 for years. hunted with it fist several years until I went up to 7mm. I now have new 270 savage accutrigger that i can't wait to hunt with. Something about the lever action 30 30 beckons to be carried and used in the woods. I may try without the scope and use some new balllistic bullets. They are cool little guns.

[yunuz69]

I do not know much about guns, but how does the gun shoot 1 bullet at each time if there are 9 bullets in a row wudn't tht cause the other bullets to shoot off?

[imissbritishleyland]

@yunuz69 The ammo is loaded into a tube that sits below the barrel. The cocking action of the lever loads one round from the tube into the breach and simultaneously expels the previous spent cartridge.

[yunuz69]

@imissbritishleyland Thanks You Were Really Helpfull.

[dawgdan1]

I'm Larry Potterfield and thats the way it is.

[Drdeathmaster12]

omg why cant we just use this gun in the world war much better than bolt action shit

[TheBrye1]

@Drdeathmaster12 because a bolt action naturally has more power and could use larger caliber rounds

[ting9395]

@Drdeathmaster12 thats what i thought but i guess it has somthing to do with the maintenance im sure some were used cost may have also been a part of it i dont know

[spritrocks]

I don't know if it's just mine but I can't slide in the cartridges in the magazine tube like he did I have to leve the previous cartridge half way in then do the same to the next and so on

[lunaticskullman]

@spritrocks you might have to take it to the gunsmith there is something wrong

[viper10011]

i got a 30/30 model 94 winchester great gun.

[druisteen1]

the question was why they stop and when they star again the production

[ntrudr800]

I have one of these in my pants :) i just realized it's really old :( but i still got it :P

[immblueversion]

Forgive my misplaced geekdom, but I only came here to recognize this as the same model of Winchester used in the Umineko visual novel, manga, and anime series (a sawed-off custom version, but a Winchester M1894 nonetheless).

[omgiTsmeJon]

"8 equal flat sides... octagon we call"

[Shurikenthrower1]

This just proves to you: DON'T FUCK WITH LARRY POTTERFIELD

[taggartjs]

@Shurikenthrower1 LOL! So true! Don't let that smile fool ya!

[pt109lover]

actually it was introduced in 1895!!! retard 

[XForceBowhunter]

What year was the gun manufactured that is he holding? I REALLY would like a 30-30 with the 24" or 26" octagon barrel and crescent buttplate. HELP ME LARRY!!!

[SpreadingTruths]

Is there also a gun similar to this in 22 calibur?

[SuperRocker671]

I was thinking of buying this rifle.

[NatureGnome]

i'd take this over a ar15

[tatetalk]

This guy is awesome!

[UR8601]

go play black ops

[CoolKillerClan]

im geting one whit 38 55

[xbones101]

It's no longer in production! The price just went up! Big time!

[willgameforgirls]

i have it in 32-40 it doesnt kick at all and mine has a flip up tang sight

[Ready2Run1]

I love this! I was laughing my ass off as Larry was clearing the magazine tube-the cartridges just keep coming!

[koolaidria480]

My dad is giving me one of these next weekend I cant wait

[no1livez4evr]

isnt this the "rifle that won the west"?

[miracleboy14]

he bobs his head back and forth too much.

[Grabador1]

I like 3030 winchester

[farmmur]

I bought a Winchester 94 when I was 16 years old and shot it a lot. I later went to the army and trained with an M-14 and 16. One of the guys I was with carried a 308 sniper rifle and that gun really turned me on. When I got out of the army I traded my old 30 30 and $25 for a Remington 700 .308. I took it hunting about 5 times and started wanting my 30 30 back. I finally acquired one and put an aperture sight on it and I have hunted with it ever since. Im 60 now and we wont part til death.

[chickenkoopr123]

cant you put shotgun shells in this gun too

[tesepia]

@chickenkoopr123 Go playing mw2

[boschrzr]

@chickenkoopr123 go play your MW2 and stay out of IRL guns.

[34LOLWTF]

@chickenkoopr123 umm no haha shotgunshells are meant for SHOTGUNS not rifles plus a shotgun shell is maybe 2 to 4 times thicker than a cartridge for this gun

[WasteLandSurviver]

i'm might get this

[T2oys]

I saw 1 for 200 bucks!

[erkoekrf]

@T2oys $200 must not have been a pre-64 or if it was must have been in horrible condition!!

[MackinacIs]

Has there ever been a better deer rifle? No- the 1894 rifle in 30 WCF is the best deer rifle ever.

[darkscare13]

i wanna fire this gun lol

[littlejoey8485]

got to shoot 1 of these the other day great fun broke my neighbors cynder blocks though

[BringBackTheM40A3]

They're even easier to load if you push the loading gate down and half insert a round and repeat this for the 9 rounds because the half-inserted round holds the loading gate open which makes it easier >.<

[druisteen2]

have you info about a new production of the 94 winchester ?

[askmeh2h]

damn 9 rounds no wonder why it was popular

[torjusb]

Isn't this "The gun that won the west"?

[2dielivnsin]

@torjusb Nope, by 1894 the west was already won.

[SpreadingTruths]

@torjusb Winchester 73 was the gun that won the west, but this is similar.

[TheSouthernGentleman]

Why doesn't some company make a lever gun in 7.26x39mm?

[donathanmd7]

@TheSouthernGentleman because 762x39 isnt the greatest round ever made. actually the 30-30 and the 762 have very similar balistics, but the 30x30 is prolly better, no other riffle/round has killed more deer than the 30-30 model 94. so basicly there is no need to do it. but other than the fact about deer being dropped this is all opinion.

[huntwithairguns]

@TheSouthernGentleman Because the bullet on the 7.62x39 is pointed so the tip of the bullet would be hitting the primer of the round in front of it when the magazine is loaded. On 30-30's the bullets are flat, except Hornadys "flex tip" bullet. They could load the flex tip bullet in a 7.62x39 but most people would still use the tradition pointed spitzer bullet, which I guess could be considered "unsafe"

[TheSouthernGentleman]

@huntwithairguns The Winchester Model 1895 had a box magazine and used splizer rounds.

[huntwithairguns]

@TheSouthernGentleman The Browning BLR was also a lever action with a box magazine. I'm just saying you couldn't have a 7.62x39 lever action with a tube magazine, but a box magazine would work..

[EdgeStormcrow]

great show, amazing gun..

[OiShawnyBoy]

i dont even know who he is and i know he's cool

[whitesox155]

is this good for home defense?

[rdodds033]

any gun is good for home defense if you know how to shoot it.

me personally though i would go with a shorter 12 gauge, but the 94 will do just fine

[whitesox155]

@rdodds033

good good. i have two of these lol

and im assuming that the 30-30 can bring a man down in one shot to the chest?

[sethrexx]

burning hot bullets casings flying up and hitting you right in the face!! now THAT! is a man's gun!

[TheCLHX]

i found one in a ditch i soled it 4 950$

[marvintheboon]

I saw one of these in 30-30 at the Cabela's gun library. Not an octo barrel, but very light and neat.

I also found a model 700 rem in .223. The 700 caught my attention for $300.00 so I bought it.

I should have bought them both. The 30-30 would have been a welcome addition to my vault.

Next time I'm at cabelas, I'll have to look, but I doubt if it's still there. I wish the Cabelas wasn't so far, at 30 minutes, I can't just drop in when I want. For those of you without a Cabelas, 30 mins is close.

[Aresftfun]

we call it an octagin. JK, but this is my second favorite gun. next to the magazine type used in WW1? what winchester did they use then, please respond.

[GamertagDrJmegaman]

They didn't use Winchesters in WW1, they used the Springfield 1903 modeled around the Mauser. The reason was because it could load faster (5 round stripper clip) and it's hard to cock a level when your prone on the ground.

[Aresftfun]

Oh yeah, because of the trenches.

[GamertagDrJmegaman]

lever* excuse my spelling

[comradealexie]

I was wondering how many rounds fit, got up to 7, but I was afraid of breaking the magazine spring

[lj2justgoto]

And they shoot a lot more accurate than their reputation suggests. My videos can attest to that.

[bobdole57]

@lj2justgoto

Yeah, mine will shoot 2.5" groups at 100 yards if i'm careful, and im not that good of a shot to be honest.

[davidfw190]

@lj2justgoto

I love to show my friends how you can hit targets at 500yds to.Most people don't think a 30-30 can do it.

[Sixguns4fighting]

@davidfw190 You ought to produce a video and publish it online.

[surge1899]

I have the same rifle like the one that Larry is showing in the vid.The only diffrence is that mine was made in 1899 thats why i put that on my user name,o and mine also has aditional peep site.I will never sell it will be my family heirloom and shoots amazing too.I normaly shoot 200 yards at the range with 1 inch or 2 of drop the 26 inch berral makes a huge diffrence from the shorter berrals.

[Mrsiepel]

Can you use the spitzer-point rounds in it? I was always old that because of the tubular magazine you want round or flat nose. To prevent the point from setting off the primer in the bullet in front.

[67dodgepolara]

If you only load 1-round at a time you can. Don't put any more than 1-round in the magazine and you'd be fine. So if you were varmint-hunting, you could have 1 round in the chamber and 1 in the magazine, that's it...

[bobdole57]

I really need to get myself a .30-30 94. The best ammo I can find for my old .32 special is the Hornady stuff, and its like $25 a box.

I love the 94, but damn do I need another one.

[NasalObstruction]

It`s really a Browning

[aaronz101]

Would suck to have a spent case eject down your collar, though.

[t2t80]

Im a lefthanded shooter and i get hot spent casings down my collar all the time. Only with my autoloader handguns though

[jmk0309]

sweet! rifle! do they make mauser 8mm dummy rounds?

[foredore]

i nicknamed my 94, the pounder, cause i flattenned the heads on all my ammo

[mrcummins05]

how many rounds would the smaller barrel hold? like the 24 inch?

[scoutsniper57]

around 5-6 at least mine did

[mrknopper]

i think everyone in the world knows the winchester rifle

it featured in almost every western movie ever made

[Nick3889]

god i love that rifle

[majorporpoise]

I bet this guy is a really nice guy.

[paddy0071]

yea i want 1 aswell...

[m6dm90]

my little brother wants one

[chiburui6]

The Marlin's have a stronger build but I wouldn't take anything for my M94 in 30 wcf

[DrKreig]

Whats the price tag?

[superbluesmurf]

This is an awesome rifle, i love it! Really good for target practice! Minimal kick, perfect starter rifle!

[CrystalHunter1989]

Dang, New Haven is a gun making machine! Why do so many companies have their factories up there? Close to a port?

[korrdxl]

Who doesn't like Larry Potterfield? That's just the way it is.

[icyrazor]

I really wanna buy that badass rifle

[AndrewDeLong]

Mine's a bit different than this. It's still an 1894 model, but it's a smooth barrel not octagonal. The mag doesn't go all the way like this one. It reaches about the halfway point, & the rear sight adjusts for 3 ranges. It was produced in New Haven, and my father claims it's roughly 100 years old, having belonged to my Great grandfather. Original stock, no modifications. I'll tell you though, if I had to shoot iron sight only, this is the gun to do it with. It's accuracy is beautiful.

[tjalolx]

I wish i had one

[CanadianRednecks95]

it was also chambered in .25-35 winchester, .375 winchester, and .22 LR and I think .22 magnum also.

[BigCockvanHugenDong]

so its stacked bullet touching primer?

[Lunarbunny]

Just don't load it with spitzers and you'll be fine.

[nickjeep1987]

i noticed when he loaded it, that the loading gate would shut when he put the rounds in. mine wont let me load more shells in after the loading gate is shut with more than one round in the tube-mag.

so i have to leave each round half way out of the loading gate and push the next one in without letting the loading gate shut. is that a malfunction?

btw, mines a 1994 re-production "ranger" model...

[howardmaryon]

I have one of the last ones to come out of New Haven before it was closed. Mine is in .36 cal smoothbore, in other words a 410 shotgun!. It also is tricky to load, needing a round to be holding the loading gate open until you have filled the mag - I think that this is a feature of later guns, which were re-engineered to make them cheaper to manufacture, the rounds are not caught by the magazine and so if you let go, it slides behind the load gate, preventing more rounds from being loaded.

[lj2justgoto]

I know what you mean, my 30-30 does that too. I have to push my cartridge in further with my pinky finger than what I can with a fatter finger to get it past a specific point for easier loading of the next cartridge.

[shannonvinni]

why isnt there any videos of the model 94 22 magnum

[doeboy8705]

ok i have a winchester 94 and i have it sitting in my lap, but my barrel is round and holds 7 and my hammer isnt checkered and my buttplate is rubber

why?

[1kperday]

Because they only made about 8 million variations.

[m71win]

I have this exact rifle,but mine also has a tang site on it,checked my number and it was made in 1895. Only thing that bugs me about it is that over the years one of the previous owners drilled and tapped it for a scope :(

[AndrewDeLong]

Yeah, we decided not to scope ours. It devalues the gun, and in all truth, just make it look shitty & takes the fun out of it.

[TriggerHappyLunatics]

I agree.Scopes ruin the look of lever actions.Besides open sights are better for hunting.

[fidorulez17]

wow..very nice oldies rifle...i only saw it from clint eastwood cowboy film..

[Cytacon]

I have often wondered why this gun wasn't used in ww1 or 2, it is a seriously formidable weapon.

[RnW93]

i wouldnt be surprised if it was, they are really great weapons, and there was a lot of them around during war time, so most likely they had a few in service

[atomicfile2]

whats better a rifle or a shotgun plz answer

[xrikimarux]

rifle.. more fun

[AndrewDeLong]

atomicfile2 asked:

"whats better a rifle or a shotgun plz answer"

Rifles for longer range targets. Shotguns to blow the shit out of close by targets. Really, it depends on what you like to shoot, and how you like to see the object get shot.

[PeteTheBossRoss]

I've got to say I love the marlin 30-30 better. I mean they copied the design, sure, but I think they do it right.  Pistol grip in my opinion is a plus and the action is so smooth. I also like that it's a good bit smaller and lighter, 20 inches. The price is much nicer too.

[Mrcaffinebean]

i think this guy could sell me anything.

[crumlin08]

id like to buy ice cream off him or camping stuff

[huntmaine94]

yes you can load them in the dark...but how would i know? ;)

[cutcc]

It seems faster to reload than a bolt action rifle.

[xrikimarux]

i dink the reload mechanism was originally for shotguns.. but now shotgun are "coak" reload i dink and automatic ones.. idk how it goes but i dink rifle and shotgun are related, you needed one to make another

[HLCpromow]

Outstanding vid on an outstanding gun! I got my first one when I was 14. It was a 30-30. in prod for a 113 yrs. Thanks

[roflrocketrofl]

man one time I got to fire one of these and the power was amazing! it really surprised me.

[AndrewDeLong]

Yeah, it has a nice little kick, doesn't it? First time I fired it, I treated it like a .22 Big mistake, seeing as I don't but the .22 up to my shoulder half the time. Lol. Live and learn I guess.

[CrystalHunter1989]

If you can handle a 12 ga a 30-30, to me anyway, is no problem.

[AndrewDeLong]

Oh, I can handle it alright. Like I said though, I didn't but it up the first time I shot it. That was a bad idea, I'll tell ya. As for N.H. Well, I don't know. But any gun that comes from there seems to have a lot more value to it. I know that the factory that made our particular 1894 is no longer in operation, so treated well, the value of the gun can only increase. Not that I'd sell it mind you. I'd rather keep it.

[CrystalHunter1989]

Of course you want to keep it! They're a great investment! Oh, and something about protecting your rights and all that jazz....

[magnum9987]

Guns made in New Haven are more expensive because it is the historical home of Winchester, and was closed in 2007. If you bought a NH made 1894 in 2007, it would cost tens of thousands in a hundred years. (maybe not that, but at least several thousand)

[AndrewDeLong]

Cool! Glad ours is a 1913 (1894 Model) production. Family heirloom. Everything original! Never gonna sell it.

[magnum9987]

Good for you, well, if you never need money, that could bring in a pretty penny

[eatmytool1]

@AndrewDeLong c'mon! sell it!! $500 bucks! right now! lol

[AndrewDeLong]

@eatmytool1

Not even for $5,000!!!!

XD

[MrJp990]

@AndrewDeLong do u still fire it



[AndrewDeLong]

@MrJp990

Once in a while, usually every couple of months when family comes to visit. I'll tell ya, it's a beautiful rifle, whether you look at it, hold it, or fire it.

[MrJp990]

@AndrewDeLong ya see ive fired alot of firearms in my 13 year long life wether they were my pellet gun to a .50 caliber barret m107 and some in between (ak's m1 garrands) trust me nothing tht i have shot is better then the 1894 model i mean its an old firearm and in the hands of a real marksman it can be accurate

[AndrewDeLong]

@MrJp990

Now you have me jealous! A Barret .50 cal?! Honestly, that's just awesome. But you're right, the 1894 Model...there just a feel about it. It may not be the most precise rifle ever made, but as you have said, with a true professional...well...you already said it, so nuff said.

[MrJp990]

@AndrewDeLong 2 b honest shooting a barret 50 cal is not something u wnna do all day like i did my shoulder hurt for 2 days

[Hteam1422]

@AndrewDeLong you should probaly go to pawn stars cause he could get a guy down to his shop to check it out if you dont know enough lol