Winchester Firearms Manufacturing Dates by Serial Number and Year 1866 through the early 1990s

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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. 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. 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 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 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

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.

2 MODEL TO NONE 1 {) NONE NONE DISCONTINUED 2

109784 118401 125038 125965 131907 148207 150493 152201 154379 156107 159513 162376 163649 163664

3 MODEL TO NONE NONE NO LAST # A V AlLABLE , 21, 22, 23, 3

196221 222937 225922 284529 323956 363220 405026 441625 466641 481826 499308 507545 513421 525922 541328 554128 557236 564557 573957 588953

4 RECORDS AT THE FACl'ORY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSINGED TO GUNS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. "' MODEL TO J NONE NONE NONE NONE

"' MODEL 1876 1876-77 - 79-78- 80-81 - 82-83 - 84-85 - 86-87 - 88-89 - 90-91 - 92-93 -

5 RECORDS AT TIm FACTORY INDICATE TIm FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE MODEL SmGLE SHOT lo II TO NONE J NONE ?.oR NONE NO FURTHER SERIAL NUMTIERS WERE RECORDED UNTIL THE END OF THE LAST NUMBER RECORDED WAS:

NONE 53700 6037J 69534 NONE 73771 78253 78815 84700 85086 88501 90424 92031 92359 92785 93611 94?

6 RECORDS AT THE FACOTRY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE MODEL I TO NO FURTHER SERIAL NUMBERS WERE RECORDED UNTIL THE DISCONTINUANCE OF THE MODEL WEICH WAS IN AT

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

7 RECORDS AT THE FAC."YORY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUl\>IBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GIINS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR MODEL TO 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

YEAR MODEL 1887 1887-88 - 89-90 - 91-92 - 93-94 - 95-96 - 97-98 - 1 TO 7431 22408 25673 29105

8 RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICA 1E THE FOLLOWlNG SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GUNS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, MODEL TO J J l

32-1 TO 23701 35987 73508 106721 J44935 159312 165431 171820 183411 191787 20887J 253935 278546 315425 376496 437919 476540 522162 586996 643483

9 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. MOQEL ~ TO [ M * TO ~ NO RECORD *TOO POST-64 MODEL 94 BEGAN WITH SERIAL NUMBER 2,700,000. SEIUAL NUMBER 1,000,000 WAS PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT CAL YIN COOLIDGE IN SERIAL NUMBER 1,500,000 WAS PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN IN SERIAL NUMBER 2,000,000 WAS PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT DWIGIIT EISENHOWER IN 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

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

10 RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICATE '111E FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GUN AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. MODEL F48558 F FI69044 F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F

MODEL 9422 1972-73 - 74-75 - 76-77 - 78-79 - 80-81- 82-83 - 84-85 - 86-87 - 88-89 - 90-91 - 92-93 -

11 RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICA1E THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED TO GUNS AT THE END Oll THE CALENDAR YEAR. MODEL TO \ ll

$07 5735\ 08-60002 09-60951 10-63771 ll- 65017 12-67331 13-70823 14-72082 15-174233 16-377411 17 389106 18-392731 19-397250$

12 RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING SERlALNUMBERS WERE MODEL TO ] RECORDS ON THIS MODEL ARE INCOMPLETE. THE ABOVE SERIAL NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATED FROM 1897 THRU 1903 AND AGAIN FROM 1949 THRU THE ACTUAL RECORDS ARE IN EXISTANCE FROM 1904 THROUGH

43-912265 13-575213 44-912327 14-592732 45-916472 ]5-607673 46-926409 16-624537 47-936682 17-646124 48-944085 18-668383 49-953042 19-691943 50-961999 20-696183 51. 970956 21.

13 RECORDS AT THE J1ACTORY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE MODEL 1901 SHOTGUN "!l " ,856 TO 64,

l- 12-13- 14-15 - 16-17 " 18-19 - 20-64,856 TO 64,860 66453 67486

14 MODEL # NOT A V AlLABLE # NOT AVAILABLE THlS MODEL WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1932, HOWEVER, A CLEAN UP OF P ARTS WAS USED FOR FURTHER PRODUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 2000 GUNS. TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS STOPPED AT SERIAL NUMBER IN

.. 97650 99011 100452 101688 103075 104230 105537 107157 109414 111276 112533 112992 THlS MODEL WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1932, HOWEVER, A

15 TO

16 MODEL It TO NONE A CLEAN UP OF PRODUCTION TOOK PLACE FOR nill NEXT FEW YEARS WITH A RECORD OF PODUCTION REACHING APPROXIMATELY

593917 NONE 598691 608011 622601 636163 649952 665484 679892 695915 711202 720116 725978 727353 A CLEAN

17 MODEL TO NONE NONE ** ** ** ** ** NO # AVAILABLE ** ** ** ** **ACTUAL RECORDS ON SERIAL NUMBERS STOPPED IN THE SERIAL NUMBERS ENDING EACH YEAR FROM 1948 TO 1957 WERE DERIVED BY TAKING THE LAST SERIAL NUMBER RECORD (58486) AND DIVIDING TIIE YEARS OF PRODUCTION, (9), WHICH RELATES TO 978 GUNS EACH YEAR FOR THE NINE YEAR PERIOD. 17

27-43226 28-43685 29-44046 30-44357 31-44572 32-44683 33-44806 34-44990 35-45203 36-45482 37-45920 38-46419 39-46758 40-47296 **ACTUAL RECORDS ON SERIAL NUMBERS STOPPED IN 1948.

18 MODEL lO I TO NO # A V AlLABLE A CLEAN UP OF PRODUCTION CONTINUED INTO 1937 WHEN THE TOTAL OF THE GUNS WAS COMPLETED AT APPROXIMATELY

16347 16637 17030 17281 17696 18182 18469 18893 19065 19172 19232 19281 19338 19388 19445 A CLEAN UP

19 MODEL 1911 S.L TO THE MODEL 1911 WAS DISCONTINUED IN HOWEVER, GUNS WERE PRODUCED FOR THREE YEARS A1>l'ER THAT DATE TO CLEAN UP PRODUCTION AND EXCESS PARTS: WHEN THIS PRACTICE CEASED THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY GUN PRODUCED. 19

1911-12 - 13-14 - 15-16 - 17-18 - 19-20 - 21-22 - 23-24 - 25-1 TO 3819 27659 36677 40105 43284

20 ASSIGl\TED AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. MODEL I~OOW A CLEAN UP OF PRODUC'J'ION TOOK PLACE FROM 1964 THROUGH 66 WlTH THE ENDING SERIAL # NEW STYLE Ml Y TO Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

247458 267253 304314 346319 385196 423056 464564 510693 557850 600834 626996 651255 660110 664544 673994 686978 720316 754250 779455 814121 856499 907431 958303 975640 975727 990004 1946-1029152

21 RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICA 'IE THE FOLLOWlNG SERIAL NUMBERS WERE MODEL IT NONE RECORDED THERE WERE NO RECORDS KEPT ON ruis MODEL FROM 1949 UNTIL ITS DISCONTINUANCE IN THE TOTAL PROnUCTIONWAS APPROXIMATELY

22 RECORDS ATH THE FACTORY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR MODEL ]

23 MODEL

24 RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICATE 11IE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSINGED TO GUNS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. M.QDEL NONE INDICATED ] ] EI E BI B E E E EI EI E!25315 THIS MODEL WAS DISCONTINUED IN A SMALL CLEAN UP OF PRODUCTION WAS COMPLETBDIN 1979 W[TH A TOTAL OF._- [

25 IN THE CASE OF THE MODEL 53, THE FOLLOWING LIST PERTAINS TO THE AMOUNT OF GUNS PRODUCED EACH YEAR RATHER THAN A SERAIL NUMBER LIST. TIIE MODEL 53 WAS SERAILLY NUMBERED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE MODEL 92. MODEL 53'S PRODUCED THIS MODEL WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1932, HOWEVER, A CLEAN UP PRODUCTION CONTINUED FOR 9 MORE YEARS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 486 GUNS. TOTAL PRODUCTION APPROXIMATELY

26 ASSINGED TO GUNS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR

27 RECORDS AT THE FACroRY INDICA 1E THE FOLLOWING SERIAL NUMBERS WERE MODEL 55 CENTERFIRE , CLEAN UP

28 MODEL TO THIS MODEL WAS DISCONTINUED IN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THERE ARE NO ACTUAL RECORDS AVAILABLE PROM 1949 THROUGH THE SERIAL NUMBER FIGURES FOR TtmSE YEARS ARE ARRIVED AT BY TAKING THE TOTAL PRODUCTION FIGURE OF , SUBTRACTING TIm LAST KNOWN # OF AND DIVIDING THE DIFFERENCE EQUALLY BY THE AMOUNT OF REMAINING YEARS AVAILABLE (15). 28

29 MODEL I TO

30 RECORDS AT THE FACTORY INDICATE THE FOLLOWINO SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ASSIONED TO GUNS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. MODEL TO TO G G :)

31 MODELn T

32 MODEL TO NONE )

33 MODEL ? U TO H H H H H

34 MODEL TO A A A A A

35 MODEL 120/ ~ L L L L Ll Ll L L ,...-._. ---_ L L ~--" L ~.-.. L L L L " L L L L L L " ----~ PRODUCTION ON THE MODEL 1200 ACTUALLY STARTED IN 1964 WITH SERlAL NUMBER 100,000. HOWEVER THOSE RECORDS ARE NO LONGER AV AlLABLE. Winchester Repeating Arms,

January 1, 2013 December 31, 2013

January 1, 2013 December 31, 2013 Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information Data Source: Firearms Tracing System #143870 ATF Firearms Trace Data Disclaimer