Look at the receiver
With the serial number that you supplied,your Winchester model 1894 lever action rifle was produced by Winchester in the year 1972.
If that's the complete serial number, it was made in 1894. Nice find!
Your Winchester model 1894 was made by Winchester in 1974.
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To find the year that any Winchester gun was made, you just need to know which model it is and what the serial number is (the model number and serial number are stamped on the gun itself). . Then go to this website and it will tell you when it was made: http://oldguns.net/sn_php/winmods.htm
The Winchester model 69A is a pre-serial number firearm and as such does not have one.
Your serial number indicates that your Winchester model 1894 rifle was made in the last year of serial number identification prior to the records not be kept during World War II.The year of manufacture of your rifle was in 1942.I hope that you find this of interest.
You cannot find out unless you provide the model number with the serial number.
go to oldguns.net and you can search by serial number and find out the manufacture year. Scroll down the page of the web site and click on manufacture dates.with the serial number that you provided,your winchester model 1894 rifle was made in 1952.
Proofhouse.com has Winchester serial numbers.
Check that serial number again. I can't find any Winchester 94 match with an L. Not sure of the value but if that L is actually a 1, the gun was made in 1897. Winchester has never explained why the leading digit on some serial numbers in the 100000 - 199999 range look different.