I have a .307 Big Bore pre-safety model that I bought new in 1990. The Big Bore series started back in the seventies with the Big Bore .375, then when the USRAC bought them out they came out with the Angle Eject receiver, dropped the .375 and developed rimmed .308 and .358 cases and renamed them the .307 and .356 Winchesters. The .307 operates at (don't quote me on this) like 46,000 cup versus like 55,000 for the rimless .308. the same for the .356/.358. You use .308 dies with a shell holder for a rimmed .30-30, and you lose about 200fps per bullet weight off of .308 velicities. For the Win 94, it was like turbo charging the .30-30, the original loads were a 150gr FP at around 2650fps, then a few years later they dropped the 150gr for a 180gr load that still pushes almost 2500fps. If it weren't for the tubular magazine limitations, you could have honest .308 performance out of your model 94. My .307 is now my go-to gun if I want iron sights, I have a Browning BLR in .308 with scope when I hunt more open places. Get you some Nosler 170gr partitions, Varget powder, good luck finding some brass, its a "seasonal" production item now from Winchester, and take that Big Bore hunting. If you want to scope it, you're limited to the aluminum Weaver bases, they're the only ones designed for the taller front receiver of the Big Bore, but I did use them for a while until I bought my BLR and went back to iron sights on the .307. I still to this day don't understand why the .307 died, it had so much going for it, but the Big Bores are my favorites and always will be-
