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Many thanks to the forum for the help in ID'ing this '94. I finally took it out to the range today. Shot some X-bullet handloads, some cast 170 handloads, and some Nosler partition factory rounds. The handloads were nothing special and both scattered by 75. I've been using 3031 and I may switch to something else. But the heavy Noslers were excellent, and gave me a solid group at 75 even with tired eyes. I need to do a few sight adjustments and they'll be hitting dead center.
The action was fully functional but a bit stiff. It has some old dusty oil in it that I need to clean out. Plus I got the feeling nobody had ever fired this thing much, if at all. I'm actually having to break in a rifle from the 1940's.
The irons are excellent. The rear sight was very well made and while I usually don't like semi buckhorns or beads this one works very well in combination with the front sight hood. All in all a very classy setup. I took her by bike to the range with my big .54's in tow. Pretty good workout.
I bought this one new in about 1955 when I was 14. $65 I think. I put on the williams foolproof and pad for length. It has accounted for 4 to 6 deer. The longest shot I ever made was about 220 yards on a buck with it.
Say, is there a no-drill tang or receiver sight I can put on this thing? The tang seems to be set up for one, but I see no pre-drilled holes in the receiver. I did a search around but came up empty.
Cosmoline wrote:Say, is there a no-drill tang or receiver sight I can put on this thing? The tang seems to be set up for one, but I see no pre-drilled holes in the receiver. I did a search around but came up empty.
You might consider a Lyman or Marbles tang sight. Also there is a ladder sight that fits in the rear barrel sight dove tail.
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