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Winchester Carbine Model 94
- Thread starter jereco
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http://proofhouse.com/win/index.html
Looks like 1941.
Is your rifle marked 30 WCF ?
You should edit your post and list your serial number like this,
1244XXX
Looks like 1941.
Is your rifle marked 30 WCF ?
You should edit your post and list your serial number like this,
1244XXX
grubbylabs
New member
So if my number starts with a 64 then it was made in 1964?
And that site dates it;
Proofhouse dates
Which one is correct??
The year of manufacture for serial number 1244385 is Between 1943 and 1948..
No records are available form 1943 - 1948.
Proofhouse dates
41 1238585 48883
42 1287469 29981
43 -- --
44 -- --
45 -- --
46 -- --
47 -- --
48 -- --
49 1500001 126100
Which one is correct??
This discrepancy is due to the fact that several areas of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company kept records of what they were doing. The main sources used for production year dating are the polishing room records, assembly records, and sales/shipping records. As you can probably imagine, keeping separate records also creates discrepancies in establishing year of production of some guns, up to several years in some cases.
Contact the Cody Museum. http://www.bbhc.org/firearms/
As you can probably imagine, keeping separate records also creates discrepancies in establishing year of production of some guns, up to several years in some cases.
This is very true. I have a US property marked Model '97 that has the underside of the barrel stamped with a "42", which was the year of manufacture. When I try dating the shotgun using the online places like oldguns.net, it comes back as being manufactured in 1948. So be very leery of their data, especially in regard to Winchesters.