Winchester Firearms Manufacturing Dates by …

1 Winchester Firearms Manufacturing Dates by Serial Number and year 1866 through the early 1990s The following pages were scanned from documents compiled over the years by the customer service department of Winchester Repeating Arms. None of the page scans are of original documents but are simply transcribed information typed into a word processing program. In general, this information is the same that you would get if you called our customer service department and asked them for the information. They use these documents as a reference. There are many legends about why the historic serial number records for Winchester rifles and shotguns are not complete or why they are not always verifiable.

2 A few reasons cited are: 1. A fire at the factory 2. Inadvertent destruction (during office cleaning) 3. Records simply lost in filing 4. Records misplaced between ownership transitions 5. Documents borrowed but not returned There is probably some kernel of truth to all of them. But the fact remains; there is no original, single, totally accurate database of serial numbers from 1866 forward that we are aware of. But perhaps these pages can help you somewhat in your research. Please keep the following points in mind as you explore these pages: Many of the Winchester brand Firearms produced over the years are included, but not all. If your firearm is not listed, we probably do not have any additional information.

3 Before the 1990s the Winchester Repeating Arms Firearms brand transferred ownership several times. Any information before the 1990s is always difficult to verify. In general, only serial number ranges with an approximate year are provided in this document. There is no other detail beyond this that we can provide. Since this information was provided through old documents (both official and otherwise), no representation is made that all serial number and year combinations are totally accurate. In some exceptional cases, a more detailed, accurate determination can be made by calling the Winchester Repeating Arms Historian at the Morgan, Utah office. 801-333-3288.

4 Ask for the Winchester Repeating Arms Historian. For any other questions: or For Parts and Service call: For questions related to Ammunition don t call us. Contact Winchester Ammunition directly. No attempt has been made to determine the value of any guns listed. The Cody Firearms Museum has more information on Winchesters produced before 1900. There are other outside resources including the Cody firearm Museum -- which can be excellent for determining date of manufacture and value: Click here to go to our gun values resource links. Winchester Repeating Arms, 2012 RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GUNS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR year .

5 1866 -67 -68 -69 -70 -71 -72-73 -74 -75 -76 -77-78 -79 -80 -81 -82 -83 -84 -85 -86 -87 -88 -89 -90 -91 -92-93 -94 -95 -96 -97 -98 -99 -MODEL 1866 2 12476 TO 14813 15578 19768 29516 52527 88184 109784 118401 125038 125965 131907 148207 150493 152201 154379 156107 159513 162376 163649 163664 165071 165912 167155 167401 167702 169003 NONE 1 {)9007 169011 NONE NONE 169015 170100 DISCONTINUED RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GUNS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR year . 1873 -74 -75 -76 -77-78 -79 -80 -81 -82 -83 -84 -85 -86 -87 -88 -89 -90 -91 -92-93 -94 -95 -96 -97 -98 -99 -1900 -01-02 -03 -04 -05 -06 -07 -08 -09 -10 -11-12-13-14 -15 -16 -17-18 -19 -MODEL 1873 NO LAST # A V AlLABLE ---20, 21, 22, 23.}

6 3 1 TO 126 2726 11325 23151 23628 27501 41525 63537 81620 109507 145503 175126 196221 222937 225922 284529 323956 363220 405026 441625 466641 481826 499308 507545 513421 525922 541328 554128 557236 564557 573957 588953 602557 613780 NONE NONE 630385 656101 669324 678527 684419 686510 688431 694020 698617 700734 702042 RECORDS AT THE FACl'ORY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSINGED TO GUNS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR year . 1876 -77 -78-79 -80-81 -82 -83 -84 -85 -86 -87 -88 -89 -90 -91 -92 -93 -94 -95 -96 -97 -98 -"' MODEL 1876 4 1 TO 1429 3579 7967 8971 J4700 21759 32407 42410 54666 58714 60397 62420 63539 NONE NONE NONE 63561 63670 63678 NONE 63702 63869 63871 RECORDS AT TIm FACTORY INDICATE TIm FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GUNS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR year .

7 1885 -86 -87 -88 -89 -90 -91 -92 -93 94 -95 -96 -97 -98 99 -1900 -01 -02 -03-04 -05 -06 -07 08 09 lO-II -12 -13-MODEL 1885 ----SmGLE SHOT 1 TO 375 6841 18328 30571 45019 NONE 53700 6037J 69534 NONE 73771 78253 78815 84700 85086 88501 90424 92031 92359 92785 93611 94?.oR 95743 96819 98097 98506 99012 NONE 100352 NO FURTHER SERIAL NUMTIERS WERE RECORDED UNTIL THE END OF 1923. THE LAST NUMBER RECORDED WAS: 139700. 5 RECORDS AT THE FACOTRY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GUNS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR year . MODEL 1886 1886 -I TO 3211 87 -14728 88 -28577 89 -38401 90 -49723 91 -63601 92 -73816 93 -83261 94 -94543 95 -103708 96 -109670 97 -113997 98 -119192 99 -120571 1900 -122834 01-125630 02 -128942 03 -132213 04 -135524 05 -138838 06 -142249 07 -145119 08 -147322 09 -148237 10-150129 11 -151622 12 -152943 13 -152947 14 -153859 15 -154452 16 -154979 17-155387 18 -156219 19 -156930 20 -158716 21 -159108 22 -159337 NO FURTHER SERIAL NUMBERS WERE RECORDED UNTIL THE DISCONTINUANCE OF THE MODEL WEICH WAS IN 1935 - AT -159994.

8 6 RECORDS AT THE FAC."YORY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUl\>IBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GIINS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR year 1887 -88 -89 -90 -91-92 -93 -94 -95 -96 -97 -98 -MODEL 1887 1 TO 7431 22408 25673 29105 38541 49763 54367 56849 58289 60175 63952 64855 ACCORDING TO THESE RECORDS, NO GIINS WERE PRODUCED DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS OF THIS MODEL AND IT WAS THEREFORE DlSCONTIN UED IN 190 L 7 RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICA 1E THE FOLLOWlNG SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GUNS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR year , 1892 -93 -94 -95 -96 -97 -98 -99 -1900 -01 -02 -03 -04-05 -06 -07 -08 -09 -10 -11 -12-13-14 -15 -16 -17-18 -19 -20 -21 -22-23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -MODEL 1892 8 1 TO 23701 35987 73508 106721 J44935 159312 165431 171820 183411 191787 20887J 253935 278546 315425 376496 437919 476540 522162 586996 643483 694752 742675 771441 804622 830031 853819 870942 903649 906754 910476 917300 926329 938641 954997 973896 990883 996517 999238 999730 l000727 1001324 RECORDS AT TOO FACTORY, AND IN SOME YEARS, ESTIMATES, INDICATE Tl3B FOLLOWING SERlAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GUNS AT TOO END OF THE CALENDAR year .

9 MOQEL94 1894-1 TO 14579 1924 -953198 1954 -207[100 1984 -95 -44359 25 -978523 55 -2145296 85 -96 -7M64 26 -997603 56 -2225000 86 -97 -111453 27 -1027571 57 -2290296 87 -98 147684 28 -1054465 58 2365887 88 -99 183371 29 -1077097 59 -2410555 89 1900 204427 30 -1081755 60 -2469821 90-01-233975 31 -1084156 61 -2500000 91-02 -273854 32-1087836 62-2551921 03 291506 33 -1089270 63 -2586000 04 -311363 34 1091190 *1964 2700000 TO 2797428 05 -337557 35 1099605 65 -2894428 06 -378878 36 -1100065 66 -2991927 07 430985 37 -1100679 67 3088458 08 474241 38 1100915 68 -3185691 09 -505~31 39 -1101051 69 -3284570 10 -553062 40 -1142423 70-3381299 11-599263 41 -1191307 71-3557385 12 -646114 42 -1221289 72-3806499 13 -703701 43 -NO RECORD 73 -3929364 14 -756066 44 -74 -4111426 15 -784052 45 -75 -4277926 16 -807741 46 -76 -4463553 17 -821972 47 -77-4565925 18 -838175 48 -1500000 78-4662210 19 -870762 49 -1626100 79 -4826596 20-880627 50 -1724295 80 -4892951 21 -908318 51 -1819800 81 -5024957 22 -919583 52 -1910000 82 -5103248 23 -938539 53 -2000000 -----------~ *TOO POST-64 MODEL 94 BEGAN WITH SERIAL NUMBER 2,700,000.]

10 SEIUAL NUMBER 1,000,000 WAS PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT CAL YIN COOLIDGE IN 1927. SERIAL NUMBER 1,500,000 WAS PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN IN 1948. 5309432 5362944 5409249 5463790 5517897 5574822 5615397 6008296 SERIAL NUMBER 2,000,000 WAS PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT DWIGIIT EISENHOWER IN 1953. SERIAL NUMBERS 2,500,000 AND 3,000,000 WERE PRESENTED TO TOO Winchester GUN MUSEUM, NOW LOCATED m CODY, WYOMING. SEIUAL NUMBER 3,500,000 WAS NOT CONSTRUCTED UNTIL 1979 AND WAS SOLD AT AUCTION IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. 9 RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICATE '111E FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GUN AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR year . 1972 -73 -74 -75 -76 -77 -78 -79 -80 -81-82 -83 -84 -85 -86 -87 -88 -89 -90 -91 -92-93 -94 -MODEL 9422 10 F48558 F121182 FI69044 F229666 F293472 F323197 F367976 F398044 F431532 F489918 F527632 F531722 F539305 F550843 F557835 F571623 F590039 F605281 F617848 F633224 F646000 F658316 F671391 RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICA1E THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GUNS AT THE END Oll THE CALENDAR year .