Model 1894
Based on a John M. Browning patent, Model 1894 was the most successful centerfire rifle Winchester ever produced. This model is still in production. Values given here reflect those rifles produced before 1964, or around serial number 2550000. Model 1894 was the first Winchester developed especially for the smokeless powder. Chambered for these cartridges: .32-40, .38-55, .25-35 Win., .30-30 Win. and .32 Win. Special. All Model 1894s were furnished with blued frames and barrels. Case-hardened frames were available as an extra-cost option. Case colored Model 1894s are rare and worth a considerable premium, perhaps as much as 1,000 percent. Guns with extra-cost options should be evaluated by an expert to determine proper value. Between 1894 and 1963, approximately 2,550,000 Model 1894s were sold.
Model 1894s were available in several different configurations:
1. Sporting Rifle: 26" round, octagon or half-octagon barrel; solid-frame or take-down; full, 2/3 or 1/2 magazines; plain walnut straight-/pistol-grip stock; crescent buttplate; plain capped forearm.
2. Fancy Sporting Rifle: 26" round, octagon or half-octagon barrel; solid-frame or take-down; full, 2/3 or 1/2 magazines; fancy walnut checkered straight-/pistol-grip stock; crescent buttplate; checkered fancy capped forearm.
3. Extra Lightweight Rifle: 22" or 26" round barrel; half magazine; plain walnut straight-grip stock; shotgun buttplate; plain capped forearm.
4. Carbine: 20" round barrel; plain walnut straight-grip stock; carbine style buttplate; forearm was plain walnut uncapped, with one barrel band; solid-frame only. Carbines made prior to 1925, were fitted with a saddle ring on left side of receiver. Worth a premium over carbines without a saddle ring.
5. Trappers Carbine: 18", 16", 15" or 14" round barrel. Buttstock, forearm and saddle ring specifications same as standard carbine.
NOTE: Add 10 percent premium for Antique Winchester Model 1894s (pre-1898 manufacture); 100 percent premium for First year production guns, October 1894 to December 1894, documented by the Cody Museum; 25 percent for carbines chambered .25-35 or .38-55 cartridge. Deduct 35 percent for carbines without saddle rings. Values are for guns with saddle rings. Premium for antique specimens made prior to 1899 with serial numbers lower than approximately 147685.
Model 1894s were available in several different configurations:
1. Sporting Rifle: 26" round, octagon or half-octagon barrel; solid-frame or take-down; full, 2/3 or 1/2 magazines; plain walnut straight-/pistol-grip stock; crescent buttplate; plain capped forearm.
2. Fancy Sporting Rifle: 26" round, octagon or half-octagon barrel; solid-frame or take-down; full, 2/3 or 1/2 magazines; fancy walnut checkered straight-/pistol-grip stock; crescent buttplate; checkered fancy capped forearm.
3. Extra Lightweight Rifle: 22" or 26" round barrel; half magazine; plain walnut straight-grip stock; shotgun buttplate; plain capped forearm.
4. Carbine: 20" round barrel; plain walnut straight-grip stock; carbine style buttplate; forearm was plain walnut uncapped, with one barrel band; solid-frame only. Carbines made prior to 1925, were fitted with a saddle ring on left side of receiver. Worth a premium over carbines without a saddle ring.
5. Trappers Carbine: 18", 16", 15" or 14" round barrel. Buttstock, forearm and saddle ring specifications same as standard carbine.
NOTE: Add 10 percent premium for Antique Winchester Model 1894s (pre-1898 manufacture); 100 percent premium for First year production guns, October 1894 to December 1894, documented by the Cody Museum; 25 percent for carbines chambered .25-35 or .38-55 cartridge. Deduct 35 percent for carbines without saddle rings. Values are for guns with saddle rings. Premium for antique specimens made prior to 1899 with serial numbers lower than approximately 147685.
First Model Sporting Rifle
Very early model. Incorporates a screw entering receiver over the loading port from outside. RARE.
| NIB | Exc | V.G. | Good | Fair | Poor |
| $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 |
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Sporting Rifle
NOTE: Add 20 percent for take-down versions.
Courtesy Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, California
| NIB | Exc | V.G. | Good | Fair | Poor |
| $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 |
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Fancy Sporting Rifle
NOTE: Add 20 percent for take-down versions. Fancy Sporting Rifles were also engraved at customer's request. Check factory where possible and proceed with caution. Factory engraved Model 1894s are extremely valuable.
Courtesy Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, California
| NIB | Exc | V.G. | Good | Fair | Poor |
| $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 |
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Extra Lightweight Rifle
Courtesy Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, California
| NIB | Exc | V.G. | Good | Fair | Poor |
| $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 |
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Carbine
| NIB | Exc | V.G. | Good | Fair | Poor |
| $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 |
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Trapper's Carbine
NOTE: Add 30 percent for carbines chambered .25-35 or .38-55 calibers.
Courtesy Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, California
| NIB | Exc | V.G. | Good | Fair | Poor |
| $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 | $0000 |
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