22 caliber 1894.Įarly-style stocks fitted to later rifles:
We do not manufacture the shorter forearms for the Trapper model, nor do we offer stocks or forearms for the special. Serial number 2.5 million was assembled in 1961. Subsequent benchmark Model 94 rifles were presented to Presidents Harry Truman (1948) and Dwight Eisenhower (1953). The millionth 94 was presented in 1927 to President Calvin Coolidge. The Model 1894 was the first sporting gun to pass the 1,000,000 mark.
Note that the carbine style buttstock was changed on the carbine model in 1937, to a shotgun-style stock.
This was the first lever action repeating rifle model on the market that was designed especially for smokeless powder cartridges. With only a few minor changes in its construction, the Model 1894 / Model 94 was manufactured continuously for over 100 years.
