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US Navy Winchester Model 1894?
I have a Winchester Model 1894 in the 458XXX serial number range that was manufactured in 1908 and is .30 WCF caliber. It has a "U.S.
N." stamp on the right side of the stock along with a painted rack number on the same side of the butt. On the left side of the receiver it has an anchor stamp with "U.S." on either side of the anchor and there are several "JP" inspector stamps. Does anyone know the history of these Navy Model 94s? I've read that pre-WWII Navy Gunboats used these and have also read that WWII Submarine Shore Patrols used them. Not much else seems to be out there. Thanks!
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12-11-2014 11:39 AM
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Only thing I can say for sure is they were used and issued to the AEF for foraging guns. There's a picture of a man carrying one in a meal line up in WW1...
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There's a movie made during WWII called "Destination Tokyo" with Cary Grant playing a submarine Commander who puts Navy personnel ashore in Japan to feed weather intell to oncoming the Doolittle Raiders in their B-25's. I think it was made in 1944. When the sub surfaces in Tokyo Bay and the shore party loads up to head in; sure enough, they're carrying a 1928 TSMG and 1894 lever action Winchester. This thread jogged my memory so it could very well be true that the USN had 1894 lever guns in their shipboard inventory as late as WWII.
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During WW1 US Troops were issued 1800 Model 1894 Winchesters in 30-30 cal. these troops were guarding the lumber industry harvesting Sitka spruce for aircraft in Washington and Oregon. These Model 1894 Winchesters had the U.S. stamp and were known by collectors as the "spruce guns".
The James Julia Auction had a Model 1894 carbine manufactured in 1928 that had both the U.S. stamp and the Ordnance Flaming Bomb stamp on the front receiver ring for sale, this would have been way too late to be a spruce gun and the flaming bomb stamp is from WW2
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Here's a pic of the described type of '94...in no way backing up what I suggested. The pic was described as being a "Spruce" gun. Comes from... Collectible American Longarms Catalog
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I was having flipper's disease last night after supper and low and behold, "Destination Tokyo" was on TCM since it was Cary Grant night. I think "Gunga Din" was on much later too. I stand corrected from post #3 because the Navy shore party from the submarine only had two 1894 carbines and 1911A1 pistols for all three personal. There was no '28 TSMG.
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