Nov 3, 2014 - Thread: Winchester 1873 Serial Number Question. It sounds like you are saying the serial numbers with suffixes are legitimate because I saw. Originally chambered for the.44-40 cartridge, the Winchester model 1873 later was chambered in.38-40 and.32-20. Winchester produced three variations of the Model 1873 lever action. The rifle, carbine, and musket, which was only produced in small numbers. The rifle and musket variations utilized a 24' barrel while the carbine used a 20' barrel. Well, that's a start at least. According to the article on Cruffler, Winchester did color case hardening on receivers, butt plates and fore end tips until serial number 122,000, which is a 1900 DOM serial number. Winchester Model 1873: Covering numbers: 1 - 702349. Please enter a serial number and click the submit button.
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All model 1873's manufactured after serial number 525923 are considered modern and are subject to all the BATF Federal guide lines including back ground checks.
There were over 720,000 Model 1873 Winchester 's manufactured . The longest barrel length known on a Model 1873 is 37 inches . The shortest known barrel length on a Model 1873 is 12 inches . The standard length for a Model 1873 Rifle is 24 inches Special order barrels were made from 26 -- 28 --30--32-- 34 --36 -37 inches. Special order finishes were available from Winchester in Nickel , Silver, Gold , Silver and Gold ,Blue and Case color. There were 136-- 1 of 1000 Winchester 73 rifles manufactured . There were 8----- 1 of 100 Winchester 73 rifles manufactured Short rifles were made with 20 -- 21-- 22 --23--24 inch barrels . The standard length barrel for a Model 73 Carbine is 20 inches Winchester trappers were made with barrels from 12 to 20 inches with 15 inches being the most common. Winchesters with engraving are quite rare with engraving priced from 50 cents to 5.00 dollars . Engraving prices were 50 and 75 cents --1.00-- 1.50--1.75--- 2.00 --2.50--3.00 --3.50--4.00 --5.00 --6.00 --7.00--8.00 and 9.00 .You get get amount of engraving at any price you wanted by quotes from Winchester . Deluxe guns were made with 2 --3 -- 4 X wood in either pistol grip or straight stock all are considered special order. Musket were made in Model 73 Winchesters and most were shipped to South America. Winchester Model 73's with 7 leaf express sights were manufactured for the India and South Africa markets and are hard to find today in the United States today. The first Winchester Model 73 Winchester's had thumb print dust covers with 5 different ones made in the first and early second model 73's . Winchester 73's were manufactured in the following caliber's --22 short --22 long --32-20--38-40--44-40 . For more information on this subject we recommend the following books: WINCHESTER ENGRAVING by R.L.Wilson . THE WINCHESTER BOOK by George Madis. WINCHESTER HANDBOOK by Bill West. WINCHESTER AN AMERICAN LEGEND by R.L. Wilson. SURVEY OF WINCHESTER 1873's by James Gordon. Factory letters for you gun can be obtained from: The Cody Firearms Museum Buafflo Bill Historical Center 720 Sheridan Ave Cody Wy . 82414 1 307 578 4032 www.bbhc.org/firearms/records.cfm Copyright© 2004 Gun-Data.com. All reproduction rights reserved
The post-64 Winchester model 94 begin with serial number 2,700,000. Over the years the Winchester Model 94 was available in many different calibers, for example: the .22 magnum, .38 Special/.357 Magnum, .44 Special/.44 Magnum, .45 Colt (or .45 Long Colt), .38-40 Winchester, and .44-40 Winchester, .410 shotgun, 30-30 caliber (30 WCF), and even as large as the .450 Marlin, which the rifle was able to accept due to an extremely strong receiver. Winchester Model 94 Serial Numbers Winchester Model 1873 Serial Number LookupIn 1894 Production began with Serial Number 1 and the Winchester Model 94 Serial Numbers run more or less, sequentially. Winchester Model 94 Serial Number Lookup
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