The top eject action was supplied with standard Model 94 semi-buckhorn rear and hooded bead front sights and was drilled and tapped for receiver sights. The anticipated sales never developed and the project was shelved.įrom 1978 through 1983, Big Bore 94 rifles were built on the post-1964 top-eject action. 45 caliber cartridge to complete the line. 375 Winchester cartridge been as commercially successful as hoped, the folks at Winchester intended to introduce a. I remember reading that, had the Big Bore 94 rifle and. 38-55 +P load that exceeds the killing power of the Winchester.

38-55 cartridges, including the Buffalo Bore Heavy. Actually, although most owners do not realize it. 375 Winchester was based on a slightly shortened and strengthened. 356 Winchester were essentially rimmed, internally strengthened versions of the existing. USRAC purchased the rights to the Winchester name in 1981 and rifles made under USRAC management were marked, 'U.S. I understand that butt pads on the early rifles were marked, 'Winchester Repeating Arms' if manufactured before January 1981. It was, in fact, the last new model introduced by Winchester RAC. The Big Bore 94 was introduced while the Winchester Repeating Arms Company was still owned by Olin. Serial numbers on Big Bore rifles were preceded by the letters 'BB.' (The internal parts were identical to the standard Model 94, only the receiver itself being beefed-up.) The new calibers were. It was built on a strengthened version of the regular Model 94 receiver intended to accommodate a new line of rimmed cartridges loaded to a maximum average pressure (MAP) of 52,000 CUP. Winchester introduced their Model 94 Big Bore in 1978.

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