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
[email protected] www.bbhc.org/firearms/records.cfm
Winchester 1894/94 Serial Number List
Determining date by serialization has become confusing as it has been
determined by the staff of the Cody Firearms Museum that previous work
by George Madis is incorrect. This is not due to the quality of work
performed by Mr. Madis, but by the questionable data provided to him.
The following list includes the data held at the Buffalo Bill Historical
Center in Cody Wyoming (CFM) and the previously understood figures
(Madis). It is up to the collector to make the best use of this data
that they can. 1894 end of year serial number was 1674 (CFM), 14579 (Madis) 1895 end of year serial number was 14222 (CFM), 44359 (Madis) 1896 end of year serial number was 18571 (CFM), 76464 (Madis) 1897 end of year serial number was 33108 (CFM), 111453 (Madis) 1898 end of year serial number was 53941 (CFM), 147684 (Madis)
Any gun manufactured prior to January 1, 1899 is legally an Antique and
is not affected by any federal regulations regarding the ownership or
transfer of firearms. 1899 end of year serial number was 80148 (CFM), 183371 (Madis) 1900 end of year serial number was 103932 (CFM), 204427 (Madis) 1901 end of year serial number was 137058 (CFM), 233975 (Madis) 1902 end of year serial number was 168420 (CFM), 273854 (Madis) 1903 end of year serial number was 204565 (CFM), 291506 (Madis) 1904 end of year serial number was 249782 (CFM), 311363 (Madis) 1905 end of year serial number was 291706 (CFM), 337557 (Madis) 1906 end of year serial number was 331895 (CFM), 378878 (Madis) 1907 end of year serial number was 381524 (CFM), 430985 (Madis) 1908 end of year serial number was 429757 (CFM), 474241 (Madis) 1909 end of year serial number was 449102 (CFM), 505831 (Madis) 1910 end of year serial number was 479073 (CFM), 553062 (Madis) 1911 end of year serial number was 534429 (CFM), 599263 (Madis) 1912 end of year serial number was 591281 (CFM), 646114 (Madis) 1913 end of year serial number was 645304 (CFM), 703701 (Madis) 1914 end of year serial number was 722280 (CFM), 756066 (Madis) 1915 end of year serial number was 825186 (CFM), 784052 (Madis) 1916 end of year serial number was 840846 (CFM), 807741 (Madis) 1917 end of year serial number was 873425 (CFM), 821972 (Madis) 1918 end of year serial number was 882032 (CFM), 838175 (Madis) 1919 end of year serial number was 895365 (CFM), 870762 (Madis) 1920 end of year serial number was 926851 (CFM), 880627 (Madis) 1921 end of year serial number was 935778 (CFM), 908318 (Madis) 1922 end of year serial number was 951501 (CFM), 919583 (Madis) 1923 end of year serial number was 964709 (CFM), 938539 (Madis) 1924 end of year serial number was 974121 (CFM), 953198 (Madis) 1925 end of year serial number was 987148 (CFM), 978523 (Madis) 1926 end of year serial number was 997938 (CFM), 997603 (Madis) 1927 end of year serial number was 1012753 (CFM), 1027571 (Madis) 1928 end of year serial number was 1038665 (CFM), 1054465 (Madis) 1929 end of year serial number was 1060899 (CFM), 1077097 (Madis) 1930 end of year serial number was 1071420 (CFM), 1081755 (Madis) 1931 end of year serial number was 1079689 (CFM), 1084156 (Madis) 1932 end of year serial number was 1088141 (CFM), 1087836 (Madis) 1933 end of year serial number was 1092328 (CFM), 1089270 (Madis) 1934 end of year serial number was 1095364 (CFM), 1091190 (Madis) 1935 end of year serial number was 1099625 (CFM), 1099605 (Madis) 1936 end of year serial number was 1119104 (CFM), 1100065 (Madis) 1937 end of year serial number was 1158835 (CFM), 1100679 (Madis) 1938 end of year serial number was 1198405 (CFM), 1100915 (Madis) 1939 end of year serial number was 1216165 (CFM), 1101051 (Madis) 1940 end of year serial number was 1259563 (CFM), 1142423 (Madis) 1941 end of year serial number was 1313301 (CFM), 1191307 (Madis) 1942 end of year serial number was 1343183 (CFM), 1221289 (Madis) 1943 end of year serial number was 1343190* (CFM), 1267741* (Madis) 1944 end of year serial number was 1343196 (CFM), 1314193* (Madis) 1945 end of year serial number was 1352066 (CFM), 1360645* (Madis) 1946 end of year serial number was 1407097* (Madis) 1947 end of year serial number was 1453549* (Madis) 1948 end of year serial number was 1500000 (Madis) 1949 end of year serial number was 1626100 (Madis) 1950 end of year serial number was 1724295 (Madis) 1960 end of year serial number was 2469821 (Madis) 1963** end of year serial number was 2586000 (Madis) 1964*** end of year serial number was 2700000 (Madis) 1965 end of year serial number was 2894428 (Madis) 1966 end of year serial number was 2991927 (Madis) 1967 end of year serial number was 3088458 (Madis) 1968 end of year serial number was 3185691 (Madis) 1969 end of year serial number was 3284570 (Madis) 1970 end of year serial number was 3381299 (Madis) 1980 end of year serial number was 4892951 (Madis) 1981 end of year serial number was 5024957 (Madis) 1982 end of year serial number was 5103248 (Madis) Estimate after 1982 by adding 100000 per year.
* Some serial numbers produced during and after World War II were not
recorded. These serial number figures assume an equal number produced
each year of these gaps in the record. ** 1963 saw the end of the classic Winchesters made with hand-finished cast parts. *** 1964 began with 2700000 and ended with 2797428. Numbers 2586001 through 2699999 were not used.
it would seem that your rifle is 111 years old :)
