Anybody tried to buy a model 94 lately?

lovethebigguns · 03-28-2006, 10:22 AM

I have been trying to buy one and HOLY COW did the price go up. Ifiguredwhen they stopped producing them the price would go up a little, but wow, I wasn't expecting this!

The reason I posted this thread wasn't to bitch about the prices but I wanted to ask you guys if you think that this is how it's going to be from here on out? I mean will this "craze" wear off or will a man alwayse have to give $500 or more for a 30-30 that a year ago sold for just over 300 bucks?

I want to buy a couple and I've been trying but I can hardly even find anything to buy? Are they readily available where y'all are from?

trailer · 03-28-2006, 10:37 AM

The 94"™s are sold out in one of our local sporting good store but it"™s possible that they may be available in another store in town. Here in Canada the craze hasn"™t hit us as hard and I was still able to get the last 94 Trapper for the same price before this all happened. Good luck in your hunt for the 94...

Pawildman · 03-28-2006, 01:05 PM

Yeah, I know what you mean.... A couple of weeks ago, I kind of felt that this very thing might happen, even though there are literally millions and millions of 94's out there. I checked around town, and where they used to sit in the used racks, they were gone. I drove to a huge gunshop about 1 1/2 hrs. from here, but before going in there, I checked with their competitor across town. Same story. No 94's. I went to where I was headed in the first place, and they had around a dozen of them in the used rack. I examined them all, and picked a "gently used" one, with some wear evident, but not rusty. The actions of the 94's tended to rust somewhat due to how most people carry them in the field if they are not given a wipe-down with an oily rag after being carried all day. The tag said $220.00, and I brought it home.
Some thinf that the big prices being asked by some are nothing but a quick reaction to Winchester's closing, and will not stand up long, due to the volume of them "out there". They may be right, but I got one now just in case. I remember buying my first one, a nice used piece, back in the late '50's. Paid $30.00. Times, they are a'changin' I still think they can be bought for way less than $500.00, though.........

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James B · 03-28-2006, 01:06 PM

I found a couple like new ones at Pawn shops right after the news came out. I still had to give 250 for them. They are going for 475- 600 here. There seems to still be quite a few around.

Briman · 03-28-2006, 03:22 PM

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Anybody tried to buy a model 94 lately?

Nope. Even before winchester went out of business they were overpriced for the type of quality you get.[:'(]

Tony Orlando and Dawn · 03-28-2006, 04:43 PM

Just hold off and once the craze dies, the price should drop back down. I think any nut paying scalpers' prices for 94's is going to be crying the blues within the next year or two at the most. There are only 7 or 8 million used 94's floating around. Despite what the current craze and what greedy gunshop owners are charging, they aren't exactly rare. If you think about it, they probably weren't selling that well, or they never would have stopped making them.

jcchartboy · 03-28-2006, 05:15 PM

I think what needs to be clarified here is whether you are discussing "any old 94" or are looking for one in "near new condition".

Despite what one might believe it is very unlikely the "near new conditons" guns will come down much in the near future. While there may be alot of guns out there, that will not matter, once they stop producing them they will always be a shrinking commodity. That is a fact is that can not be denied. While the nay sayers will point to thefact that theymay be produced again, the originalswould at worst, stop appreciatingif that wereto occur.

If you want one...buy it..

thndrchiken · 03-28-2006, 08:35 PM

Wow, now I don't feel so bad about paying $475 for my 307 topped with a vari-x II. I'd really love to get my hands on a 358 win. At this point if your really set ona 30-30 buy a Marlin, every bit as good a gun.

338 · 03-29-2006, 05:46 AM

I bought 2 recently, A 94 in 356 and 375 .. The 356 is like new and the 375 (top eject)is new in the box . I gave $350 for the 356 and $650 for the 375. My bet is the more common calibers (30/30 .32) will come down but the odd balls (7/30 waters, .307 .356 .375 .444 .45/70) will stay high.

Briman · 03-29-2006, 01:43 PM

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I think any nut paying scalpers' prices for 94's is going to be crying the blues within the next year or two at the most. There are only 7 or 8 million used 94's floating around. Despite what the current craze and what greedy gunshop owners are charging, they aren't exactly rare. If you think about it, they probably weren't selling that well, or they never would have stopped making them.

Pretty much my feelings. I went to a gunshop about 3 years ago that had a sign out front that said "we buy used guns" I wanted to sell a winchester 94 that I had gotten for cheap and wanted to get rid of. When I asked the guy how much they would give me for a nice win 94, the guy just turned up his nose at me and stopped talking to me. I thought it was a bit rude and was put off by it, but I noticed that that had 6 or 7 used 94s on the rack already. Other places I tried to trade it in at or sell it to made excuses in order to not take a 94 as a trade or a sale also.