With the 94 gone it will only take another 100yrs to go through the MILLIONS of current 94s on the market. So I think the supply on them (as well as the 70s in all honesty) is probably safe for now. Sure there might be a short supply from a temporary run on them right now, but the shortage won't cause a spike in their use (they are still a limited range caliber in a limited use gun) so the ones being snapped up now probably won't be used in all likeliness.

As for leaving Marlin to snap up the cowboy action market, that isn't true the people already in charge of that market are only going to continue to grow in popularity. Uberti (Beretta) is in the drivers seat with the cowboy market and if you have picked up one of their Italian built leverguns lately you will quickly realize they they have built the Winchester levers probably better than Winchester EVER did before. I have a 45LC Goldenboy in my shop right now and it feels as if it was machined from billet. The last 94 Winchester I picked up felt as though Remington had built it for Walmart instead of Winch for the public!

I'm sure something will happen with the name, but in all honesty that is ALL Winchester guns HAS been for the last few decades.
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