Police Winchester 94 and farmer's antique 94- help finding value

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Southern_guy

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A relative of mine has asked me to research the history and value of two old Winchester 94's he owns- one issued to him when he joined the LA state police after he left the Airborne, the other a family heirloom.

The first is chambered in .30 W.C.F, has police armory markings, and is in roughly 85% condition. It was manufactured in 1935, and has a shortened barrel and walnut stock. Between the trigger and front of the lever is the number "36".
Directly in front of the iron sights appears an oval with the letters "PW" inside, which is also engraved on top of the receiver.

The second is chambered in an unknown cartridge. It has an octagon barrel with a bead sight, has a strange folding sight behind the hammer, and has the number "64" between the trigger and lever. The numbers "38-55" appear at the point where the long barrel meets the receiver.
The stock is engraved by hand with several symbols and the name of the ancestor that owned it. It was used as a saddle gun by the ancestor, who used it as a saddle/hunting gun on his Louisiana farm after he survived WWI and Spanish Flu. The serial number indicates that it was built in 1900.


Although he is not interested in selling either, he wishes to know their approximate value. Any estimates?
 
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Scorch

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In order to get accurate values, both of these would need to be appraised by a Winchester collector.

PW in a circle is the Winchester proofmark.

The first rifle is a Winchester 94, may be a carbine, or it may be a trapper model, which would make it very desirable to a collector. 30 WCF is known nowadays as 30-30 Winchester.

The second rifle sounds like a 1894 rifle (not 94, that name came later), but it could also be a carbine. The folding sight at the rear is a tang sight. If it is an original Winchester tang sight and installed at the factory (indicated by no rear sight dovetail), the rifle along with the sight could be very valuable. The "unknown" chambering is in fact 38-55, exactly as marked on the barrel, one of the original chamberings for the Model 1894. 30 WCF (30-30) did not come along until 1895.
 
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