Winchester model 290 rifle serial number lookup

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'. 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.

Winchester model 290 rifle serial number lookup