The Polishing Room Serialization Record Books (PRSRBs) which contain nothing more than just the serial number, fortunately survive up to serial number 1,352,066, which was manufactured on December 29th, 1945.įor all of the many people who collect the Model 1894/94, this information should be both very enlightening and useful, and I highly encourage everyone to save a copy of it. Undoubtedly, all of the caliber, and the Rifle versus Carbine production number ratios would change drastically if the records were available for serial numbers 354,000 - 2,600,298. Unfortunately for all of the many collectors and interested people, all of the remaining pre-64 factory warehouse records (serial numbers 354,000 - 2,600,000+ were destroyed in a fire in the late 1950s or early 1960s. All of my statistical numbers were derived from a detailed survey (conducted by the Cody Firearms Museum) of the first 353,999 serial number records, and from the Polishing Room Serialization Record Books (held by the Cody Firearms Museum). This is a post that he has made and I hope you find it as informative as I have.Ī bored mind is a terrible thing to waste, so having some free time to kill, I finally put together a fact sheet on the true production ratios and the verified DOMs for the Winchester Model 1894/94.Īs many of you will undoubtedly note, the figures I have compiled below vary significantly from the numbers published by George Madis in his tomes "The Winchester Book" and "The Winchester Handbook". Hope that helps.FWIW, Bert Hartman has been a Moderater on Gunbrokers "Ask the experts" for many years.įor the past 5 years he has spent at least two weeks a year with a volunteer at the Cody Museum of Firearms research room. I would think if you were offered $300, you should grab it. It's really a severely altered model 1906 with 1890 parts. As far as collector value, not much, it's in fair condition at best. The slot in the tubular feed may only accept shorts unless it to is from a 1906. You might want to look into that a bit more, but I don't see why it shouldn't. If the barrel will accept the LR, you should be good to go. By the way, if you look up serial numbers for the model 1906, it shows your receiver was made in July / August 1912. Your gun may look more like a 1890 than a 1906 but it is in fact NOW a 1906. The rear sight doesn't appear to me to be the correct 30B but again it's hard to see. The tubular feed looks like it's from a 1890 but it's hard to see. The plain slide handle is definitely from a model 1906. From what I can tell, you have a model 1906 receiver (B) with a model 1890 barrel and 1890 butt stock. The picture you posted isn't clear at all. When they changed the model 1906 receiver in 1908 to accept the S, L, and LR, they added the letter "B". When the model 1906 rifle first came out, it had no letter with the serial number and was in 22 short only. The letter "B" was added to the receiver on the model 1906 sometime in 1908 to differentiate it from the 1890 receiver. What they probably said was that because the serial number on the receiver had the letter "B" beneath the number, that it was a receiver that was actually from a model 1906 not a model 90. If I can throw my 2 cents in here, I would say that the guy at the gun shop was "spot on" when he said the barrel didn't match the serial number.
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