Cool Winchester model 94

Look forward to seeing your pictures GT Smith. This is my first pre-64 Model 94. It is a .32 WS.

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Does anyone have a manual for break down and cleaning. Unfortunately I am newbie when it come to gun cleaning and my father in-law handed down his fathers Winchester 32 special to me and I want to clean it and possibly refinish it. I am not worried about the worth going down since it will stay in the family. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I t has some scrapes on the wood and some on the barrel and it is also missing the front sight ring. So any help with parts would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
 
Nice gun there. I inherited my grandfathers 94 in 32 special. He bought it new in 1950. He wasn't one much on taking care of things and when I got it the best group I could get was 1 yard! at 100 yards!!! That is for real.
I found a 30-30 barrel for it and put that one on and it will group about 2 1/2" at 100 yards.

The 32 special is just a 32 caliber 30-30 case. I could never see the reason for developing the 32 special myself. But it has killed lots of deer.

John

According to Barnes (Cartridges of the World) the .32 Special was developed in large part to provide a smokeless powder rifle/cartridge combination that would be better suited to black powder reloading than the .30 WCF (.30-30). Little bit larger bore, slower rifling twist, etc, that was less prone to fouling with black powder loads. The .30-30 cartridge appeared in the then-new Model 1894 rifle in 1894-95, which was only a couple of years after smokeless powders had been introduced, and many people continued to reload with black powder out of either necessity (remote areas in which supplies were limited) or personal preference (suspicions about new technologies).

Lyman had been producing their "tong tool" reloading devices for some time, and many featured built-in bullet molds, thus providing people with a simple and portable means of keeping themselves supplied with ammunition as long as primers, powder, and lead could be had.
 
Does anyone have a manual for break down and cleaning. Unfortunately I am newbie when it come to gun cleaning and my father in-law handed down his fathers Winchester 32 special to me and I want to clean it and possibly refinish it. I am not worried about the worth going down since it will stay in the family. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I t has some scrapes on the wood and some on the barrel and it is also missing the front sight ring. So any help with parts would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

Try this link:

Winchester Model 94 Disassembly
 
Funny Story:
A friend stopped in at a Gun Store in a small town to purchase a box of .32 Winchester Special ammo for his M94.
The clerk/owner stated that he didn't stock pistol ammo.
 
I've got one made in 1902 or 1906 (for some reason I have several guns with each of those birth dates-get them confused). Shot it once and nothing stood our from the 30-30s I have had.
 
My parents gave me a used 1947 or 48 flat band carbine for Christmas around 1972. The front barrel bands were flat one year only. A scarce little detail that doesn't seem to effect the value higher. It's strange that a caliber far less popular than the 30-30 yet so close to it ballisticaly lasted so long.
EDIT: Hey. I didn't notice this post was so old and I responded twice.


 
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I have my Gpa's Mod 64 in .32 spcl. Love that gun and remember my Dad telling me that Gpa wanted to have the "big bore" instead of .30.
Always thought that was funny but back then ( 40's ) it was considered the big bore.
Never had a prob. yet finding ammo for it. Even have a bunch of Hornady Leverevolution rounds for it which gives it a new life.
I really would rather carry my Win. 94 in 30-30 though if I'm hoofing it very far.
 
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The rest of the story

There are a lot of theories about why the .32 Winchester Special was developed. It is based on the .30-30 Winchester cartridge of 1895, but differs from the .30-30 in bullet diameter. More significantly, Winchester decreased the rate of rifling twist in their Model 94 rifle, from 1:12 when chambered for the .30-30 to 1:16 when chambered for the .32 Winchester Special. Winchester used the slower twist to reduce fouling retention when creating a new cartridge for sportsmen who wanted to reload their own ammunition using black powder and cast bullets.

When smokeless powder was first developed (cordite) it required a hot primer to set it off. Mercuric primers were needed & used but in using mercuric primers, the brass was rendered unsafe for reloading. This was true for all calibers that were using smokeless powder in the late 1800/early 1900's. In that time period, smokeless components were not available for reloading for safety reasons so to reload, black powder was used.

The slower twist rate of the 32 special was used to keep fowling with BP to a manageable level, the increase bore size made for a shorter than 30 cal bullet so it would stabilize better in the reduced twist barrel.
 
My first rifle was a pre '64 Winchester 94 in 32spl. I still have it and will as long as I'm on this side of the grass.
 
My 32 Spec

This a picture of my doxie (a wirehair) Fred on guard duty with my M94 32Spec takedown

mfg. date is 1914 +/-
 

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We still hunt with my dad's Mdl 94 in 32 WSP (made in '49). Easiest carrying rifle there is & still plenty accurate.

I have a box of the new Hornady Leverevolution, but the only thing I've shot with it is paper. The Winchester PowerPoints have always done the trick for me.
 
Shot my first two deer with my mothers 94 32 spc. I have another 94 32 spc. that I found on used gun rack. Small detail of 32 spc is you can use 30 30 ammo if the need be, but not the other way around.
 
My parents gave me a 1948 .32 for Christmas when I was 16. If I shot it or my freind's 30-30 I couldn't tell the difference. I like the fact that mine's a .32 Special rather than the omnipotent 30-30. Your BIL has a nice gun there. Hopefully it's old enough to still have a saddle ring, if it's a carbine, that is.

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I have its twin brother from 1948 complete with the flat ban, in 30wcf
 
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