Winchester Model 94 Sporter .30-30 Winchester
Model: 534178114
Winchester Model 94 Sporter .30-30 Winchester
Model: 534178114
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Winchester Model 94 Sporter is a walnut-stocked lever-action .30-30 Winchester built for timber whitetail. It has an MSRP of $1,629.99. Its barrel is octagonal at the breech and round toward the muzzle, a profile Winchester carried on the earliest Model 94 rifles, and the walnut under it is satin oil finished and cut checkered at 22 lines per inch with double-line bordering.
It comes sighted with a Marble Arms gold bead front and an adjustable semi-buckhorn rear, and the receiver takes optional scope mounts. Brass ejects up through the top of the receiver, so a low-mounted scope fouls the port, and the knurled hammer spur extension in the box is there so the hammer can still be reached with glass overhead. The muzzle is not threaded, the butt is a bare steel crescent, and length of pull is 13.5 inches.
If you're cross-shopping, the Winchester 94 has an MSRP of $1,449.99 and is the same action without the embellishment, four inches shorter in the barrel, 0.75 lbs lighter and one round down. The Marlin 336 Classic has an MSRP of $1,359 and matches this rifle's 7.50 lbs, but ejects out the side, which puts a scope base over the receiver instead of beside it. The longer barrel here puts more weight out front.
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Strengths & Limitations
- Round locking bolt trunnions, a bolt relief cut and radiused lever edges, which Winchester credits with a quicker lever throw, less hammer drag and fewer pinched fingers.
- A rebounding hammer backs up the tang safety, and the tang lever shows its state without you lifting your head off the stock.
- The walnut is checkered and oil finished here, where the other current Model 94 rifles leave it plain.
- It carries 12 oz more than the Winchester 94, all of it out front in barrel.
- The crescent butt is bare steel where the Winchester 94 gets a polymer pad. A crescent butt sits in one place on the shoulder.
- Everything here is an iron-sight package, so hanging a scope over it means living with the hammer extension.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does the barrel profile cost anything in accuracy?
The blank is button rifled and triple checked like the rest of the line, so the half-round, half-octagon shape is cosmetic at the bore.
Why does it hold more than the other Model 94 rifles?
The tube is longer because the barrel is. Winchester gives 8 rounds for the Sporter, 7 for the Winchester 94 and 6 for the takedown version, all in .30-30.
Is the twist the same across the Model 94 rifles?
Yes, 1:12 in .30-30. The Marlin 336 Classic is a little faster at 1:11.
What else is the Sporter chambered in?
38-55 Win is the other current one. Winchester shows 25-35 Win and 32 Win Special for the Sporter as no longer in production.
