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WW2 model 94

beaster
I picked up a Winchester model 94 this weekend. The SS# 1421xxx indicates the carbine was made in 1945 0r 46? Is there a chance this is a WW2 model 94? I am unable to see anything that looks like US proof marks. There is a B-Z above the trigger guard and a 1 or L below the trigger guard. It has a hooded front site and sling swivels (probably an add-on) it is 32 w.s. with a 20" Barrel. It's a sweet little gun 85%+. If anyone knows anything about these carbines's please let me know.
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  • tsr1965
    The US government, NEVER used a 1894 Winchester, or 94' Winchester, for anything other than trials, if that.

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  • Spider7115
    According to Bert's chart http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=245213, the last Winchester 94 made in 1946 was serial number 1,411,000 and the last in 1947 was 1,470,000. Therefore, your Winchester was a post-war model manufactured in 1947.
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  • beaster
    Thinks for the info.
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  • Spider7115
    quote:Originally posted by beaster
    Thanks for the info.


    You're very welcome. [:)]
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  • Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by tsr1965
    The US government, NEVER used a 1894 Winchester, or 94' Winchester, for anything other than trials, if that.

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    I think you are forgetting the (1800) Model 1894s that were bought by the U.S. Army and issued as "Spruce Guns". They are "U S" marked, and with a flaming ordnance bomb.
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  • tsr1965
    quote:Originally posted by Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by tsr1965
    The US government, NEVER used a 1894 Winchester, or 94' Winchester, for anything other than trials, if that.

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    I think you are forgetting the (1800) Model 1894s that were bought by the U.S. Army and issued as "Spruce Guns". They are "U S" marked, and with a flaming ordnance bomb.


    Yes I am sir, and thank you for pointing that out. That is actually a fact I did not realize was out there. What is meant by spruce guns?
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  • Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by tsr1965
    quote:Originally posted by Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by tsr1965
    The US government, NEVER used a 1894 Winchester, or 94' Winchester, for anything other than trials, if that.

    Best


    I think you are fogetting the (1800) Model 1894s that were bought by the U.S. Army and issued as "Spruce Guns". They are "U S" marked, and with a flaming ordnance bomb.


    Yes I am sir, and thank you for pointing that out. That is actually a fact I did not realize was out there. What is meant by spruce guns?



    Tim,

    I will send you an email copy of the article that my friend Rick Hill wrote about them... you will find it quite interesting.
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  • tocamoha
    What about the rest of us ,Bert ? We want to know too.
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  • Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
    According to Bert's chart http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=245213, the last Winchester 94 made in 1946 was serial number 1,411,000 and the last in 1947 was 1,470,000. Therefore, your Winchester was a post-war model manufactured in 1947.


    To be more precise, serial number 1352066 was the last Model 94 manufactured in the year 1945... anything greater than that serial number is a "post WW II" Model 94.
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  • Rex Mahan
    is 1352066 a Flat band?
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  • Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by Rex Mahan
    is 1352066 a Flat band?


    No, it is not. The "Flat-band" Carbines were first manufactured in 1946, circa serial number 1375500 (April/May).
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  • Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by tocamoha
    What about the rest of us ,Bert ? We want to know too.


    This a link to Rick Hill's article. In the interim since he wrote it, we have discovered a fair number of new serial numbers that have been verified.

    http://www.winchestercollector.org/guns/w-mil.shtml
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