This was copied and pasted from an answer similar elsewhere in WikiAnswers. You can contact the Records Office of Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. The Cody Firearms Museum holds the records of 3.5 million individual Winchester firearms and many LC Smith and Marlin Firearms. Information that may be in a record includes the date the gun was received into the warehouse, the configuration of the gun, and the date the gun shipped out. The company to whom the gun was sent may be available for very late Model 1873s and 1886s and most of the run of the Model 21. There are no records for the Models 42, 12, 54, or 70. There is a charge for Factory Letter information but this and any other questions should be answered by contacting the Records Office. Cody Firearms Museum Records Office 720 Sheridan Avenue Cody, Wyoming 82414 307-578-4117 cfmrecords@bbhc.org www.bbhc.org/firearms/records.cfm Winchester 1894/94 Serial Number List (Much of the following, while accepted as true for the last fifty years, has been called into question by recent research at the Cody Firearms Museum) 1894 began with serial number 1 and ended with 14,579. 1895 ended with number 44,359. 1896 ended with number 76,464. 1897 ended with 111,453. 1898 ended with number 147,684. This is the last number that is antique according to BATF regulations. 1899 ended with number 183,371. 1900 ended with number 204,427. 1901 ended with number 233,975. 1902 ended with number 273,854. 1903 ended with number 291,506. 1904 ended with number 311,363. 1905 ended with number 337,557. 1906 ended with number 378,878. 1907 ended with number 430,985. 1908 ended with number 474,241. 1909 ended with number 505,831. 1910 ended with number 553,062. 1911 ended with number 599,263. 1912 ended with number 646,114. 1913 ended with number 703,701. 1914 ended with number 756,066. 1915 ended with number 784,052. 1916 ended with number 807,741. 1917 ended with number 821,972. 1918 ended with number 838,175. 1919 ended with number 870,762. 1920 ended with number 880,627. 1921 ended with number 908,318. 1922 ended with number 919,583. 1923 ended with number 938,539. 1924 ended with number 953,198. 1925 ended with number 978,523. 1926 ended with number 997,603. 1927 ended with number 1,027,571. 1928 ended with number 1,054,465. 1929 ended with number 1,077,097. 1930 ended with number 1,081,755. 1931 ended with number 1,084,156. 1932 ended with number 1,087,836. 1933 ended with number 1,089,270. 1934 ended with number 1,091,190. 1935 ended with number 1,099,605. 1936 ended with number 1,100,065. 1937 ended with number 1,100,679. 1938 ended with number 1,100,915. 1939 ended with number 1,101,051. 1940 ended with number 1,142,423. 1941 ended with number 1,191,307. 1942 ended with number 1,221,289. 1943 through 1947 numbers are not available. The following serial numbers assume an equal number produced each year. 1943 ended with number 1,267,741.* 1944 ended with number 1,314,193.* 1945 ended with number 1,360,645.* 1946 ended with number 1,407,097.* 1947 ended with number 1,453,549.* 1948 ended with number 1,500,000. 1949 ended with number 1,626,100. 1950 ended with number 1,724,295. 1960 ended with number 2,469,821. 1963 ended with number 2,586,000. This was the end of the classic Winchesters made with hand-finished cast parts. Numbers 2,586,001 through 2,699,999 were not used. 1964 began with 2,700,000 and ended with 2,797,428. 1965 ended with number 2,894,428. 1966 ended with number 2,991,927. 1967 ended with number 3,088,458. 1968 ended with number 3,185,691. 1969 ended with number 3,284,570. 1970 ended with number 3,381,299. 1980 ended with number 4,892,951. 1981 ended with number 5,024,957. 1982 ended with number 5,103,248. estimate after 1982 by adding 100,000 per year. Website http://armscollectors.com/sn/winlookup.php
Your question has used the serial number of your Winchester,not the Model number.Please include a description of your Winchester along with the model number,and the serial number to get a answer about your Winchester.
I would have to have the model number along with the serial number to correctly date your winchester.
The Winchester model 69A is a pre-serial number firearm and as such does not have one.
Your Winchester model 1894 rifle was made by winchester in 1971,with the serial number you provided.
Model 70 winchester serial number 432523 chambered in 416 rigby
With the serial number that you provided,your winchester model 1894 was made by winchester in 1954.
Your Winchester model 74 was made by Winchester in the year 1949,with the serial number that you provided.
With the serial number that you supplied,your Winchester model 70 rifle was produced by Winchester in the year 1984.
with the serial number that you provided,your winchester model 1912 shotgun was made by winchester in 1930.
With the serial number that you supplied,your Winchester model 70 rifle was produced by Winchester in the year 1973.
With the serial number that you supplied,your Winchester model 1894 rifle was produced by Winchester in the year 1940.
With the serial number that you have supplied,your Winchester model 12 shotgun was made in the year 1916.Your serial number indicates that it was made by Winchester in 1916.