None of the existing ORIGINAL guns have serial numbers.
No. Serial numbers were not required until 1968 on rifles. Most have a Sears model number that is mistaken for a serial number
with the serial number that you supplied,your Winchester model 55 was made in the year 1930.Winchester model 55 rifles had there own serial numbers,and also were serial numbered in the model 1894 rifles serial numbers.Yours is the later which was serial numbered in the model 1894 serial number range.Yours was one of only 1,535 model 55 rifles made in 1930.
It could be because sequential serial numbers would have allowed someone to collect a sample of rifles and then estimate the total number produced.
Your Winchester model 60A was made between the years 1932-1939.The rifles of that time were not required to have serial numbers,and Winchester chose not to serial number the model 60 series of rifles.The law was not changed until the passage of the gun control act of 1968,mandating that all firearms be serial numbered.
Marlin has used both model, and serial numbers since they made their first handguns in 1870. However, this did not always include .22 rifles, as they were not always required to have a serial number, until 1968. Many Marlin .22 rifles from the post WWII to 1968 time were not serial numbered. Model numbers were always used, but some models were not marked with the model number. The model 1881, 1888, and 1889 Marlins were not marked with the model, but they were cataloged as these models.
The Marlin Model 1936 Rifles (30-30cal) weremanufactured for only two years, 1936 and 1037. Only the 1937 rifles had serial numbers commenceing with the prefix "B".
Need a model, serial numbers are not unique accross rifles. RW is Remington Works
It may not have one. Serial numbers were not required by law on rifles and shotguns until 1968.
The Winchester model 55 rifles were some one of the few rifles made by Winchest er to have serial numbers of their own,and also have them listed with the model 1894 rifle production serial numbers.Yours happens to be one of the rifles made that lists its serial number in the model 1894 range of numbers.With the serial number that you have provided,your Winchester model 55 rifle was made in the year 1928.The Winchester model 55 was made from 1926-1936,with a total production of only 20,592 rifles made.I hope this helps eliminate any confusion on this model of Winchester rifle.
The serial number that you provided is to high for the winchester model 52.These bolt action .22cal rifles had serial numbers that went as high as 125,419.If you meant serial number 37814 then your winchester model 52 was made in 1937.
Being that your Marlin model 31 was made between 1913-1916.These rifles were not required by law to have serial numbers if the manufacturer choose not to put them on the firearm.This was not a law until the year 1969.So your marlin might not have a serial number.
winchester did not keep records of the serial numbers by year of manufacture for the 200 series of rifles in which yours belongs.I can say that the model 290 was made from 1963-1976.