![]() I will post pictures of marking, if anything else would help I will be happy to post more. The 2.5 million numbers stopped in the area of 2,535,XXX which places it about 39,000 rifles from the end of production in. These are often referred to as WIN-13 rifles. switched from 2.5 million serial numbers to 1.6 million. I believe it may have an after market rear Marbles buckhorn site, if someone could give me some insight as to whether this is correct I would greatly appreciate it. Winchesters serial-numbering system appears to have changed in January 1945. It has a nice shiny bore with decent rifling and all mechanisms work smooth. It is in the right serial number range as I believe it to have been manufactured in 1928, since long rifle didn’t get produced until around 1919 from what I have read. ![]() Hopefully the people with a great deal of knowledge more than I will let me know how I did? First off is it has some wear to it as I wanted one I could take out shooting and was in similar condition to the one my grandfather owned. I have decided to add to his collection and keep the tradition going (I may have developed a bit of an addiction□). Winchester attempted nearly eighty (80) different design changes before giving up on it. They constantly broke down, and customers returned them to the factory in huge numbers for repair. I finally had the opportunity to add an 1890 Winchester in the elusive 22 long rifle caliber to my collection! I’m no expert by any means but I have read a great deal about these great little rifles after inheriting my grandfather’s firearms. Winchester ceased manufacturing them after just 14-years (1911 - 1925) due to losing money on them.
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