Does anyone know much about these? From what I've read, they are 94's with a 24" round barrel. I don't think they're that collectible, so I plan to shoot it if I buy it. Just wondered if anyone had every owned one and could comment on quality/accuracy, etc... Thanks.

Picked up one CHEAP, and I still have it and shoot it.

This one was used as a decoration in a "wlid west" theme room. Never shot, just hung on the wall. The roof leaked, the wall was damp. Onwer (or his wife) would clean the side facing out, but the side facting in rusted and bubbled the silver plate. Just cosmetic, but when it showed up for sale at the going rate for a beat up modern 30-30, bought it.

(Once worked at a used book store. We'd sell books by the YARD for decorators. They'd just oredr so many feet of leather bound books, and we'd supply them...owers never read them, titles could be anything.)

Works like any other Winchester 94...is drilled and taped along the left reciever wall for apature sights (Put a Lymnan on this one). Barrel is a bit thin, makes for light weight, but possbiley some heat related changes in grouping. Typical 38-55 bore dimention of .379" (.3788", but call it .379"). Crecent steel butt plate doesn't help recoil. Very nice wood and a well done cheackeing job, but thee is a large medallion inletted into the stock that kind of detracts from the wood.

Groups well...hunts well (dull the shine of the silver plate).

Haze,

1979 LEGENDARY FRONTIERSMEN 38-55 cal. 19999 mfg.
Engraved pewter plated receiver, 24" round barrel.

Lists for about $550 but most of these commemoratives don't go for their list price. Had a chance to buy several different models from a private collector at real decent prices. Bought the Chief Crazy Horse, couldn't get it to shoot, and sold it. These don't really seem to be in high collector demand. I wouldn't pay list for one as a shooter. But then I guess it depends on how badly you want it. They ARE purdy...

Lists for about $550 but most of these commemoratives don't go for their list price. Had a chance to buy several different models from a private collector at real decent prices. Bought the Chief Crazy Horse, couldn't get it to shoot, and sold it. These don't really seem to be in high collector demand. I wouldn't pay list for one as a shooter. But then I guess it depends on how badly you want it. They ARE purdy...

Wich kind of explains why I picked this one up (a little more than 3 years ago), even with the damage to the plating, when it was priced at $195.

One other thing that keeps the prices down is the fact Winchester never produced a commemorative on the pre-64 action.

Wich kind of explains why I picked this one up (a little more than 3 years ago), even with the damage to the plating, when it was priced at $195.

I'd say you didn't get hurt.

The guy I bought the Crazy Horse from threw in a box of LF ammo which I still have. The price on it is still running in the same neighborhood as current factory stuff. DLS is probably right, using the post-64 model as a basis doesn't do anything to enhance the desirability. The one I had looked and felt cheap, with a rather loose feeling action. I handled some others from that collection that were better though. Picked up a Golden Spike for a friend and it's a pretty good one.

None of this would make me pass on a LF for $195 though. If you look at it as just a fancy shooter in a chambering that you can't get anymore then paying $300 - 400 might not be all that bad either. Depends on how badly you want one. I gave $400 for the Crazy Horse NIB...sold it for $450.