My new-to-me Winchester Model 94 rifle got here yesterday! It was my soon-to-be father in law's. Gave it to me outright one day, had to wait for a car trip (rather than a plane trip) to actually bring it home. Anyway, I started researching it a bit, from the SN I found out it was made in 1952. It's been in a case in a closet for over 35 years, his wife and kids didn't even know he had it. I looked on gunbroker.com and found a similar condition, same year model going for $750
I had spoken to a guy at Gander about what sort of scope mount I could use with the vertical cartridge ejection, and he told me he would not encourage me to drill or tap a "true" pre-'64 model 94. I didn't believe him that it would be worth all that much right now (before I found the $750 twin on auction), but he said in 10 years a non-drilled version's value would skyrocket. I'm still going to hunt with the bitch, but I won't be adding any optics to it. I'll just have to get a horse and a revolver, since I'll look like a cowboy carrying that thing around
Pics to come later (want to shine her up good first)