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Well, the '94 Commemerative discussion has diverted (but not neccesarrily deteriorated) to one of peep sights. It is quite gratifying to see that more than one person here who has purchased a Commemerative '94, has come to realize its true worth: a very pretty '94 with perhaps a helluvalot better barrel.
I will also add the personal observation that they are on the general evaluation better finished (in blue and wood, and fit) than a garden-variety '94 of similar vintage.
I will also add that generally, there were NO true rile versions of the '94 in recent manufacture (until the Cowboy craze), and all a guy could get regularly was a carbine.
THEREFORE: A Commemerative '94 can very often find its loving home in the hands of a shooter who wants a Winchester that will shoot the lights out of anything else. He gives up any hope of its collector value (NOTHING unless untouched in the box, and then very little graduation by time), and understands that he has a relatively heavy (octagonal) barrel of good length to achieve velocity no carbine can match, and very probably accuracy no carbine can match. They are without question a gun that came out of the factory with a bit more attention than run-of-the-mill. When you shoot them (against all prohibitions toward collector value), you realize this very quickly.
There is no need for "polishing compound", or "valve grinding paste", or anything else to make these new and tight guns smooth up and run like a sewing machine. If you are lucky enough to get one at a fair price, all you have to do is shoot it. The OP found the only proper "fast track", and that is to watch Lucas McCain or Rooster Cogburn, and work that action during a period of about an hour or so.
They ARE VERY GOOD GUNS. They will outperform easily a "sacred" pre-64 carbine on the target and in ballistics. Just understand that the Commemerative market is completely sepaerate from any other collector's market, and NO Commemerative will ever hold ANY value unless it is absolutely brand-new in the box. Even then, its' ability to graduate in value is absolutely dwarfed by an original gun of desirable vintage.
Once again, I am very pleased with those discovering these well-made guns' true worth: They shoot like the dickens!
I will also add the personal observation that they are on the general evaluation better finished (in blue and wood, and fit) than a garden-variety '94 of similar vintage.
I will also add that generally, there were NO true rile versions of the '94 in recent manufacture (until the Cowboy craze), and all a guy could get regularly was a carbine.
THEREFORE: A Commemerative '94 can very often find its loving home in the hands of a shooter who wants a Winchester that will shoot the lights out of anything else. He gives up any hope of its collector value (NOTHING unless untouched in the box, and then very little graduation by time), and understands that he has a relatively heavy (octagonal) barrel of good length to achieve velocity no carbine can match, and very probably accuracy no carbine can match. They are without question a gun that came out of the factory with a bit more attention than run-of-the-mill. When you shoot them (against all prohibitions toward collector value), you realize this very quickly.
There is no need for "polishing compound", or "valve grinding paste", or anything else to make these new and tight guns smooth up and run like a sewing machine. If you are lucky enough to get one at a fair price, all you have to do is shoot it. The OP found the only proper "fast track", and that is to watch Lucas McCain or Rooster Cogburn, and work that action during a period of about an hour or so.
They ARE VERY GOOD GUNS. They will outperform easily a "sacred" pre-64 carbine on the target and in ballistics. Just understand that the Commemerative market is completely sepaerate from any other collector's market, and NO Commemerative will ever hold ANY value unless it is absolutely brand-new in the box. Even then, its' ability to graduate in value is absolutely dwarfed by an original gun of desirable vintage.
Once again, I am very pleased with those discovering these well-made guns' true worth: They shoot like the dickens!
