Have an Old Winchester?

[MeatyMac]

Interesting, thank you Brian. I need to get a new copy of the Blue Book.

[Flyin Brian]

TRAP, I'm curious about your statement above, I looked around the Web and found most sites dedicated to Winchester rifles put the first year 1894 production at 14,579 rifles, this is one of those sites http://www.winchesterguns.com/suppor...-Documents.pdf

Fjestad's Blue Book of Gun Values also confirms the 14,579 number for first year production.

Where are you getting your information from?

Reading the very first post in this thread should clear things up:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showpost.php?p=6030458&postcount=1

Also, the Blue Book of Gun Values shows both the old Madis info AND the polishing room records (on models that are available) in 2 columns.

[MeatyMac]

That one was made about April of 1895, with 12,548 made that year. The first year of production only saw 1674 made.
Most people associate the 1894 as the "thirty thirty". The first two calibers offered were .32/40 and 38/55. Serial number 3314 was the first rifle offered in 30 W.C.F.

TRAP, I'm curious about your statement above, I looked around the Web and found most sites dedicated to Winchester rifles put the first year 1894 production at 14,579 rifles, this is one of those sites http://www.winchesterguns.com/suppor...-Documents.pdf

Fjestad's Blue Book of Gun Values also confirms the 14,579 number for first year production.

Where are you getting your information from?

[navydad2010]

Family legend is that moms aunt and uncle bought new in 1940 to plink with, it's a very accurate rifle with stiff trigger with NO creep!! I've won a few club shoots with the lil bolt gun with no #s!!

Thanks for your info

[TRAP55]

Hi Trap... any info on a Winchester MDL 72
Roll marks as follows:

Made in the U.S.A. Winchester Repeating Arms Co. MODEL 72-22 SHORT
New Haven Conn-----Patent Pending------- LONG AND LONG RIFLE

This .22 has no serial #

thanx in advance for your help!

navydad, one of those weird things Winchester did without an explanation, ...that I know of.
The Model 72 was made from 1938 to 1959, with 161,412 made.
At roughly the same time period of manufacture, they made the Models 74 and Model 75, and they were all serial numbered.

[navydad2010]

Hi Trap... any info on a Winchester MDL 72
Roll marks as follows:

Made in the U.S.A. Winchester Repeating Arms Co. MODEL 72-22 SHORT
New Haven Conn-----Patent Pending------- LONG AND LONG RIFLE

This .22 has no serial #

thanx in advance for your help!

[Blue]

Made in late 1925, with 13,027 made that year.

Woooo!!! Thanks

[TRAP55]

I got a 30wcf model 94 serial 986334 any info?

Made in late 1925, with 13,027 made that year.

[TRAP55]

Hey Trap,
Thanks for the effort and time you put in to doing this.
Gregg

I have a Model 94 .30 WCF ser.# 917992
and a model 94 .30-30 ser.# 2169287
and a model 88 .308 ser. # 131997A
and a model 1890 .22 ser. #553493

Model 94 .30 WCF ser.# 917992 was made in 1920, with 31,486 made that year.
Model 94 .30-30 ser.# 2169287 was made in 1956, with 55,500 made that year.
Model 88 .308 ser. # 131997A was made in 1962, with 11,187 made that year.
Model 1890 .22 ser. #553493 was made in 1914, with 32,900 made that year.
Gregg, you need to check if the recall was done on the Model 88!

[Blue]

I got a 30wcf model 94 serial 986334 any info?

[bigbossman]

I have a Model 94 - 30WCF SN 575561

also has a stamp of vafco. Any idea on what that means?

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=FB7A80CAF1CC07F3!115393&authkey=!AFXgJF0eLQ-JMTY&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg

Thanks

Just throwing a dart here - VA Federal Corrections?

Also - Googling "VA FCO" comes up with Veterans Affairs...... but I dunno what they'd want with rifles.

[RUM]

Hey Trap,
Thanks for the effort and time you put in to doing this.
Gregg

I have a Model 94 .30 WCF ser.# 917992
and a model 94 .30-30 ser.# 2169287
and a model 88 .308 ser. # 131997A
and a model 1890 .22 ser. #553493

[TRAP55]

Maybe someday, someone will stumble on them like Bert did with the Winchester Polishing Room records in the Cody Museum basement. We can only hope!
I don't know if you'll have any luck, but you might try a call to the Winchester customer service number. Stranger things have happened!

[sheepdog4747]

Darn, thanks for the info though.

[TRAP55]

Jose, The models 290 and 190 were made from 1963 to 1974, with 2,171,263 produced, and unfortunately there is no known serial number data for them.
To complicate even further, all the Sears house brands, Sears, JC Higgins, and Ted Williams, were serial numbered by Winchester, but used serial numbers exclusive to Sears, and no one has ever found the data for the Sears serial numbers.