winchester 94 rebarrel

[sin man]

I have a 94 in 30-30 and id like to try a differnt round in it. what is the easiest round to be converted to with out alot of parts. i was thinking maybe 307. thanks

[Slufoot]

30-30 Ackley Improved

[sin man]

i was thinking of something where i could just buy a barrel through midway. i seen they have 307 barrels for around 100 bucks. if i was going to go with a custom barrel it would be a big bore like a 50 alaskan or something.

[Drifter Mike]

Don't do a 307 on a regular 94. They were not built to take the pressures of the 307. If you want a 307 look around for one that was made in that caliber.
 Mike

[Will Bison]

Choices are limited, the .50 AK is way too big for the 94. I'd have to agree with the .30-30 AI or perhaps .38-55.

[Argonaut]

.32 Winchester Special anyone?

[John Y Cannuck]

There's the 7mm Waters, the 38-55, of course you could rebarrel to 30-30 again, the 32 special, and a horde of handgun rounds.
The handgun rounds are likely to cause you the most grief during conversion.
The first four, have the 30-30 rim size, and may only require some modification of the cartridge guides. Not sure on that.

[Drifter Mike]

You could have it re-lined to 25/35. I am having one done that way right now. The barrel was like a sewer pipe and I always wanted a 25/35. By lining you retain the original barrel.
 Mike

[Game_Stalker]

I've always been a big fan of the .357 Herret and had a price quote to have one rebarrelled... $450, give or take? I decided I could live without it for now.

[BenT]

Win Big Bore barrels have a different pitch thread and will not fit on standard 94. I rebarreled a 30-30 to 38-55 nothing ealse needed to be done. I think my next one is going to be to 25-35 AI. Which is basically a 30-30 necked down to .257 cal. The list using the same cartridge only necked different is  25-35, 30-30, 32 spl, 38-55 and 7-30 waters.  If your intersted in boring it out there is guy named Jesse Occaumgh ,or something like that, who advertises on guns america who rebores for around $150.From the reports I read he does good work.

[86er]

I rebarrelled my '94AE to 7-30 Waters and am completely satisfied with it. It was a simple job to unscrew the old barrel and install the new one. That's all that needed to be done.
If you have a top eject '94 you have to make a new extractor cut, but that is all.