I too have a .30-30 Model 94 manufactured in 1957 which has a stock and forearm very much like yours. And I've never thought of it as "plain." It's lovely and warm to the touch!

In 1957 I was an eight-year-old, and I remember mooning over the rifles in the Sear and the Wards catalogs, wondering whether (if I ever got the chance) to choose the .30-30 or the .32 Special. Both were offered then; each caliber had its following.