anyone have a model 94 trapper?

model 70 · #1 11-09-2005, 09:37 AM

if so, how do you like it? looking at one in .44 rem mag

says it comes with a saddle ring. what exactly is that?

curious about accuracy. thanks.

Ak_Red · #2 11-10-2005, 07:13 AM

It is a ring on the rifle, the one on my winchester is on the left side of the receiver.

I asked the same question when I got my 94 in 45 Colt. The most common explanation I found is the saddle ring was used to attach the rider to the rifle while he was in the saddle. If the rider fell, the rifle came with. That may or may not be correct, it is just the most common explanation I found. Well, it was the second most common. The most common was, "I dunno!"

I hope you enjoy your 94. I have a blast with mine! (no pun intended)

David

HANDGUNNER · #3 11-10-2005, 08:32 PM

Buddy at work has one and loves it. His is 30/30. I think he wanted an assault rifle combined with a hunting rifle. I have a pistol that's longer than his rifle. I have a regular model 94 in 30/30. I like the 44 mag. in rifles. Under 100 yds. I think the 44 mag offers more than the 30/30.

Hawkeye6 · #4 11-11-2005, 06:33 AM

I just bought one myself in .44 Rem Mag. Had been thinging about it for a year or so and finally did it. I have not had a chance to fire it yet.

It is a very handy little package. Quick and light, it mounts to your shoulder quickly and easily. I got mine in .44 for a number of reasons. First, I have a couple fo .44 revolvers. Second, it should be an easy carbine to pack around, keep in my car, stow in a canoe, etc.

Mine is labeled a Model 94AE and seems to be already drilled and tapped for an XS ghost ring/receiver sight. Which is nice as I was already thinking of going that route.

As to the saddle ring, it traces its origins back to the days of Dragoons and horse-mounted Cavalry. I have seen illustrations of troopers with a strap or "bandoleer" over the left shoulder crossing the torso to the right, with a carbine snpped to it on the trooper's right hip. Seemed to me that it would have bounced around quite a bit at a canter or gallop, but maybe there was some other sort of attachment. It would certainly make the carbine accessable for mounted troopers and would make sure they had it with them when they dismount. I've also seen illustrations of the Cavaly with Pershing in his Mexican Expedition showing the '03 in some sort of nearly verticle mount (muzzle-down) on the saddle. May have been some sort of retention device on that kind of "scabbard", too.