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16737 - 1979 Winchester 94
9/1/2025
Kevin Storrs CT USA

Maker: Winchester, Model: 1894, Caliber: 30-30, Barrel Length: 19 12, Finish: Long Gun - Blue, SN: 4767203

Question:
What year was my gun manufactored

Answer:
Kevin, the model 1894 Winchester is one of the world`s most popular firearms, to date over 6 million 1894`s have been manufactured and they are still going strong. I always use the following link to look up Winchester serial numbers:

https://winchestercollector.org/dates/

This link indicates that your rifle was made in 1979. Marc

16859 - 1st Model (1875-1876) Officers Trapdoor Springfield Rifle
9/1/2025

Maker: Springfield, Model: Officers Trapdoor, Caliber: ?, Barrel Length: ?, Finish: ?, SN: ?

Question:
Is there a record of the names of the Army Officers that purchased the 1st Model Officers Trapdoor Springfield Rifles?

Answer:
Sir- Not that I know of. It is possible that some names are listed in Al Frasca`s superb books on

the .45-70 Springfield.

Perhaps Vance Haynes who researched OM rifles extensively found something, but he is not an internet guy and I doubt if his work will

ever be published, which is a great shame. However, even if records of the names exist and are located (perhaps in financial record of the Ordnance Department in the Waltham branch of the National Archives) the rifles were not numbered, so it would be

impossible to match a rifle with a purchaser.

Hope that helps. John Spangler

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