![]() I will post pictures of marking, if anything else would help I will be happy to post more. 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. ![]() 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□). Weren’t the last numbers used to build M62-A’s? Most I have seen with numbers in the 85,000 range, are like my M62-A # 853279B.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. I have entered your Model 90 rifle in the research survey that is in progress documenting the merged production time period.īert, I cant thank you enough! Great information as always!īert. serial advertisements must reach the office by Tuesday Morning to secure inser. Your Model 90 was simply one of the standard production rifles manufactured during the time period when the Model 90 and Model 06 shared the same serial number range. No production took place between July 20th, 1942 and November 23, 1949. Tony, It means that it is a post 1907 production Model 1890 receiver. Beginning in February of 1933, Winchester began parts clean-up production of the Model 90 and 06 and continued sporadic production until S/N 854747 was reached (in late November 1949 when the final two rifles were assembled). 22 LR when it was received in the warehouse on July 8, 1891, and shipped the next day. In an ice - cream freezer, the combination of the pan, the adjust- able. The accompanying factory letter lists this rifle as being chambered in. From March 10th, 1926 through June 6th, 1932, the Models 90 and 06 were all in the 713200 – 846022 serial number range (no numbers skipped). Mounted on a 12-groove forearm and smooth straight grip stock with a crescent buttplate. The Model 06 serial numbers ended at 685999 on March 10th, 1926, and resumed in the Model 90 S/N range at 713200. What did happen, is that on March 10th, 1926 (at S/N 713199), Winchester merged the serial numbers of the Model 90 with the Model 06. Winchester never “randomly” chose serial numbers, nor did they “skip” any serial numbers for the Model 90. The information you found on Proofhouse is erroneous. ![]() ![]() Model 90 S/N 793204 was manufactured December 1st, 1928. You may need to consult a professional appraiser to determine the value of your gun. You may have a factory 'extra- option'. After 1932 serial numbers were chosen at random many numbers were skipped and the highest serial number recorded is 849,100”. If there are other extra features not mentioned, and they look original. The Winchester database shows it to have been made in 1928 but Proofhouse has a note that says “Actual production of guns reached serial number 752,044. I picked up a Winchester Model 1890 in 22 short today and it has a confusing serial number of 793204. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |