.30-30 Trapper Spotted

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:48 pm

I stopped by one of the local pusher's, today - and saw a pretty nice Winchester M94 top-eject.30-30 Trapper, that already had a side peep installed, in almost perfect cndition except for a very slight freckling, low on both sides of the receiver in the area below the loading port.

It was there on consignment, tagged at either $425 or $475- I disremember which - since I went to a second hovel, looked at several other guns & bought a NAA Mini .22 Mag. I think that makes me dis-associative, or sumptin'.

Post by **Hobie** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:03 pm

It makes you smart, $400 is too much for that gun. I've been thinking about the NAA revolvers myself. Which did you get and how do you like it?

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:31 pm

I got a barely used 1" Mini, in .22 Mag-only, that a previous owner put stag grips onto it's birdshead gripframe - $125 OTD.

I was missing the .22mag-only Black Widow, I gave to an undercover statie I know. He needed a hideout that wouldn't shout "cop", and I had replaced the huge rubber bumpers with black rubber birdshead smoothies - so he was salivatatin'.

The new purchase is close - just a little shorter barrel & no adjustable rear sight - but it's even smaller than the Black Widow, and I like that !

No pics (sorry) - My son's got the digi camera with him, off on a Caribou jaunt near the Arctic Circle this week.

Post by **Hobie** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:27 pm

Stags? SWEET!

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:23 pm

.30-30 Trapper Spotted

Hey that's pretty neet. All I gotta do to see one is look in my closet.

Joe

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:48 pm

J Miller wrote:
.30-30 Trapper Spotted
Hey that's pretty neet. All I gotta do to see one is look in my closet.

Joe

Me too!

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:52 pm

Well, they are cute. I was tempted to buy it, too - but I prefer my used guns 100% pristine.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:49 pm

Pete,

I got mine in 1980, it was pristine. Brand new in the box, even with the hang tags. (Still got the owners manual and hang tags, box is long ago gone.)
That was before a trigger job, had that set at 2.5 pounds, and the installation of a Williams FP rear sight.
Now lots of rounds downrange later it's nice, but no longer pristine. It's actually beginning to show some character now.

I think I'll take it out and fondle it tonight.

Joe

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:07 am

AHA ! ! Joe - That did it!

Now you've gone, and exposed yourself as a Winchester Molester !

Poohgyrr · Post by **Poohgyrr** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:21 pm

Pete44ru wrote: ::::: a Winchester Molester !

Nahhhh, molesting would be mounting a 20X scope, or a forward handgrip, or sumthin like that....

Fondleing, opps I mean wiping down and inspecting, is a sign of good Levergun maintenance. It's also a good way to spend an winter evening in front of a good fire with a hot drink.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:27 pm

Pete,

Thanks for the laugh

, I really needed one this morning.

Poohgyrr,

Now I know why I want a house with a fire place. I can see it now, me in my Lazy Boy gently caressing my lever guns and sipping on a hot toddy.

Oh my I can't wait for winter.

You think my wife would be jealous?

Joe

Poohgyrr · Post by **Poohgyrr** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:01 pm

Joe,

I just helped my partner install a wood stove in their place up in the mountains. Not too shabby...

Just imagine, leaning back in the Lazy Boy, the smell of oak burning, a good Selleck western on TV, and wiping down a good Winchester .......

And as long as I get my chores done, my wife doesn't mind so much..

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:19 pm

[ I can see it now, me in my Lazy Boy gently caressing my lever guns and sipping on a hot toddy. You think my wife would be jealous?]

Oh, Yeah - Mine is.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:24 am

Poohgyrr wrote:Imagine leaning back in the Lazy Boy, the smell of oak burning, a good Selleck western on TV, and wiping down a good Winchester
.......
And as long as I get my chores done, my wife doesn't mind so much..

That's real SNEAKY. Putting a pic of a 92 in the thread about 94's!
Mine doesn't mind either. In fact, I suspect she prefers I .... oh never mind!

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:00 am

Griff,

Not only is it sneaky to put a pic of a 92 in a thread about the Win 94s, that's not even a Winchester 92. It's a Miroku rebounder with the

ughh tang safety.

J

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Poohgyrr · Post by **Poohgyrr** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:47 am

OK guys, I confess. I don't have any pics of my 94's!!! None at all !!! I can't believe it !!! Must have been too busy caressing and shooting all these years.

I'll have to borrow a camera and take some pics this weekend.

Those Mirchesters do shoot well though.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:58 am

John,

I've only got old pictures of some of my 94s, and then close ups of bit and sections of them.

I don't have any real good complete pics of them either.
Maybe I should work on that.

The Mirokus are a good quality guns, I only gripe about them because of the lawyered up actions.

Joe