Just picked up my Trapper 94

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9ballbilly

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I just picked up my Win. Trapper 94 .30-30 and thought I'd share a pic with you guys. I included my Ruger Speed-six for scale and to show off the Badger custom grips.

The Trapper's DOM is 1980

The Ruger's DOM is late 84/early 85
 

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Nice looking saddle ring. (rattle, rattle, rattle) Some guys used to wrap leather laces around them to keep them from klinking against the receiver.

Also, I have found the 20 inch 30-30 carbine barrel as having "noticeable", muzzle blast and noise. Be sure to wear hearing protection when you shoot it.
 
I bought my brother a .45 Colt Trapper some years ago, he's lucky I gave it to him... it's one of the handiest rifles I've ever carried. I have it paired up with a .45 Colt Vaquero when I'm out west camping.

Congrats on a fine rifle! :D
 
Congradulations, nice looking weapons. Hope ya like your new lever action as much as I have liked mine. The more ya shoot them the smoother the action & trigger will get. Have fun & enjoy!:D
 
the trapper,s are loud in 30-30,but they are so handy to carry in the brush that i hunt some times. i have been thinking of adding a reciver sight to mine. eastbank.
 
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Dahermit said:
"Also, I have found the 20 inch 30-30 carbine barrel as having "noticeable", muzzle blast and noise. Be sure to wear hearing protection when you shoot it."

Don't know if you were referring instead to the trapper like the OP's, which is 16"--which is really known for its ka-boom, moreso than the standard 20" carbine--but yes the trapper is loud and "flashy" - a literal blast to shoot, love mine - also ca 1980. +1 to ear protection with either though.
 
Sarge, I wish you the best of luck finding one. They are handy little rifles. I found mine on GB. I'm told that the ones chambered in pistol calibers are more in demand, so if you want a .30-30 like mine that may be a + for you.
Best Wishes, Bill
 
Sarge, just sent you a PM for a link to a possible. What 9ballbilly said may be true, but the just-pre safety/pre AE (pre USRAC) .30-30 trappers are getting scarce.
PS--and they didn't make any "Pre 64" trappers, only Pre War and Post 64.
 
I have a matched pair of like new Trapper 94's, one each of 44 &357 mag along with complimenting Ruger single actions. I shot both just a little to see if they work and killed a deer with the 44 before putting them away until my Grandsons get big enough to handle them.
 
Mobuck, Congrats on the matched pair!

Are they both no safety/no AE?

Maybe you can provide more info regarding something I was told.

Is it true that the Trappers chambered for handgun calibers are in higher demand than the .30-30 versions? Just curious.
 
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