The Winchester Model 1894 is a lever-action rifle developed by the famed John Moses Browning, as a follow-on to his previous Model 1892 design; it uses many of the same parts as that rifle, and could be made with few alterations to its production tooling, notably having a nearly identically-sized receiver that could be made with the same rough blanks. Despite this, it was designed to use larger, more powerful cartridges (ballistically comparable to modern intermediates, though many were sized more comparably to full-powered rounds), including the .38-55, .32-40, and the famed .30-30 WCF; to permit the cycling of these much longer cartridges in an action originally designed for pistol-caliber rounds, the Model 1894 uses a rather unique system wherein the entire bottom of the receiver hinges down when the action is cycled, granting a longer throw of the lever that permits a correspondingly-longer stroke of the bolt, allowing a much longer cartridge to be cycled in and out of the chamber.
Due to its re-use of the Model 1892's receiver size, the 1892 and 1894 can be somewhat difficult to distinguish at a glance; if the rifle isn't shown with its action open (as this allows the aforementioned pivoting receiver floor to be seen), the 1894's proportionally longer loading gate can be used for an ID, as can a pin at the bottom-front of the receiver (used to allow the receiver floor to pivot) that the 1892 lacks.
Winchester Model 1894 - .30-30 WCF
Winchester Model 1894 with target sights - .30-30 WCF
Winchester Model 1894 Rifle - .32-40 WCF
The Winchester Model 1894 rifle has appeared in the following films and television series being used by the following actors:
Winchester Model 1894
- Weight: 6.8 lb (3.1 kg)
- Length: 37.8 in (960 mm)
- Barrel length: 20 in (508 mm)
- Cartridge: .30-30 WCF; also available in numerous other cartridges
- Action: lever-action
- Muzzle velocity: 2,490 ft/s (759 m/s)
- Feed system: 6- or 7-round internal tube magazine
- Sights: Leaf rear sight, barleycorn-type front sight
Film
Television
Video Games
Anime
Show Title
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Character
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Notation
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Date
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Umineko no Naku Koro ni |
Natsuhi Ushiromiya, Battler Ushiromiya, Rosa Ushiromiya, Maria Ushiromiya, Eva Ushiromiya, Rudolf Ushiromiya, Kyrie Ushiromiya, Hideyoshi Ushiromiya |
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2009
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Animation
Title
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Character
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Note
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Date
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The Boondocks |
Mrs. Van Heusen |
Ep. "Thank You For Not Snitching" |
2005 - ?
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Mossberg Model 464
Mossberg Model 464 - .30-30 WCF. This is a copy made by Mossberg.
Mossberg Model 464 SPX - .30-30Win.
Video Games
Game Title
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Appears as
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Mods
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Notation
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Release Date
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Cross Fire |
"Mossberg 464 SPX" |
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SPX |
2008
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GunZ 2: The Second Duel |
"Tactical Cowboy" |
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SPX |
2013
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State of Decay |
"Sidekick" |
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2013
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"464 Brushgun" |
w/ sight |
added in Breakdown DLC; Brush Gun
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"464 Custom 22" |
w/ sight |
SPX, chambered .22 LR; added in Lifeline DLC (2014)
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Killing Floor 2 |
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SPX with red dot scope |
2015
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See Also