Win 94 AE 7-30 Waters in-bound

[John]

The "7mm Express" was a marketing gimmic by Remington to "rebrand" the cartridge previously known as the 280 Remington. That occurred int he early 80's IIRC. Weld been using 280's in my area for years, quite popular in fact. Remington was trying the same idea they used on the 244/6mm Remington. I never saw the need as the 280 had no issues I ever heard of.

IIRC, the Express came with an unneeded twist change. Not super sure, too many years past.

 

[Rushcreek]

I believe that if Marlin had chambered the 336 in 7-30 Waters, it would have been more successful. Easily mounted scope and ( usually) better accuracy than a 94 Winchester. A friend used a Contender 7-30 Waters with drama free success on river bottom deer. Bang, flop.

 

[todd]

the winchester m94AE (angle eject) in 7-30 Waters did have a scope mount and it didn't need a scope. it is light and accurate rifle. when my post '64 m94TE (top eject) was a 30-30 150 and 170gr factory ammo could do 1 -2 1/2" group at 100 yards, 5 shots. handloading would do a 1/2 - 1 1/2" 5 shot group at 100 yards, without a scope.

m94 7-30 Waters


now, the post '64 m94 (1972) is a 35/30-30 made by JES Reboring. my eyes ain't what they used to be, so now i use Williams FP aperture sight.

sighting it in

 

[oscarflytyer]

Picked up the rifle/shot it today.

Wood is gorgeous, love the old Leupold Vari-X II 2-7x33. HATE the trigger! Dang thing is 7 lbs! If anyone has trigger secrets to improve a 94 AE trigger, I am all ears

Also looking for 7mm Flat Point 120-130 grns bullets to reload. Seems none of the 'original' Speer/SIerra/Hornady 7mm FPs are made these days. Hornady 7mm FTX would also work

 

[Glaciers]

Well if it has such nice wood, pictures are a requirement.

 

[oscarflytyer]

Well if it has such nice wood, pictures are a requirement.

 

[Ian]

If anyone has trigger secrets to improve a 94 AE trigger, I am all ears

Trade it for a Marlin 336? That will get you down to about six pounds and no more than two slip-stop points in the creep.

 

[Spindrift]

Gorgeous rifle! Have fun!

 

[oscarflytyer]

Funny Ian! Actually my 336s have all had pretty decent hunting triggers. Two pre-64 94s same - very slick too. THe new model 1895 405 is a bit heavy. But this thing is awful. Has the 1/2" travel before it connects to anything (design/nothing can do about that...), but once it mates up, takes a hard 7 lbs to get it to break. I am guessing polishing wont get it less than maybe 5... Seeing some springs, and also where others have cut coils. We shall see...

 

[todd]

my post '64 is around 5 lbs. i took it to my gunsmith (RIP) some 30 years ago to have him take it apart and clean it. he and he made the trigger pull much lighter. my trigger pull was horrible, i estimate it was around 12 - 13 lbs, but whatever he did made it around a clean and crisp 5lbs trigger pull. i was young and dumb back then and i should have asked what did he do?

i've only taken the rifle down to its parts and pieces and clean it up one time. and that was about 3-4 years ago, or five.....lol.....to send it to JES Reboring.