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(NGC) - How do you measure the barrel length of a Winchester 94 Carbine?
Gliderjohn:
I have mid 90s Winchester 94 saddle ring carbine in .357 that is 98%+ condition. I did buy it used through a pawn/gunshop some years back. Got to staring at the barrel the other day, got the tape measure out and measured the barrel from the front of the receiver to the end. It measured about a 1/4" UNDER 16"! The gun does not appear to have been altered. Could I have measured it incorrectly?
GliderJohn
not-fishing:
Usually it's from the front of the receiver to the end of the barrel.
I have a Marlin '94 in 44 and it's been a good deer gun. You just have to be quick with it, which is easy.
For most people pistol cartridge carbines are all they need. When hunting all you have to do is not try for that 200+ yd shot and work on getting closer.
My youngest boy (19 yrs) has even used the Marlin in IDPA 3-gun competitions (revolver, pump shotgun and lever rifle). He was plenty fast on shooting the marlin his problem was the reloads are really slow when competing against magazine reload rifles.
Cam3512:
With the breech closed, stick a dowel down the barrel until it stops. Mark the dowel where it exits the muzzle. Measure.
charlie b:
Ditto. It is NOT from the receiver ring to the front of the barrel. Most barrels are measured from the breech face to the front of the muzzle.
The exception is revolvers, which are measured from the base of the barrel to the muzzle (the base is the part the that almost touches the cylinder). That is why comparing semi-auto pistol barrel length to revolver barrel length is a bit tedious.
PS this is really only an issue because of the gun laws in the US that distinguish between "pistol" and "rifle".
Rusty goose:
Wooden dowl idea is good. Are you sure that it isn't a model ' 92? They are the pistol carttridge carbines, the ' 94 is the longer rifle cartridge reciever. They look near identical.
I have a Marlin 1894c in .357 as well as a Henry Big Boy in .357, both are whole lot of fun to shoot.
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