The Cody Museum letter for a model 1890 says it was originally a WRF built in 1902. My best guess is that I have a model 1906 that was rebarreled, but it could be a restocked, rebarreled model 1890, or maybe it was made up (but probably not by the factory) from parts. Production of the Model 1893 began in the spring of 1893, with serial numbers 1 22 passing through the Polishing Room on May 2nd, 1893. Browning designed and patented shotgun manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The barrel is a Winchester factory (not aftermarket) barrel that was made sometime around 1930. The Model 1893 Exposed Hammer Slide-Action Repeating Shotgun was the second John M. Check to be sure the serial number is between 325,251 and 853,000 on both the lower tang and the bottom front of the receiver. Based on proof marks on the barrel and receiver (thanks to Trapp55 for lots of work deciphering the proof marks to identify the barrel), the rifle was rebarreled, probably not by the factory, around 1930. It has1906 wood and a 22LR octagonal barrel. The question is whether there two with the same serial number. The 06 had a shorter 20' round barrel and a hard rubber butt plate & was the first that allowed the use of 22 S. Tony, It means that it is a post 1907 production Model 1890 receiver. The 1890 and 90 could be had in either 22 Short, 22 long or 22 WRF. My understanding is that Winchester used the same receiver for both the 18. The 1890 is just a earlier version of the model 90, these two had both round and octagon 24' barrels, curved steel butt plates, with special order 1/2 PG butt stocks. Also special is the extremely late serial number, issued long after the 1927 merger of the Model 1890 and Model 1906 serial ranges, perhaps placing its manufacture as last as post-WW2. Does anybody know if Winchester made duplicate model 1890 / 1906 receivers with the same serial numbers?Īccording to the Winchester Collectors list (thanks to Tuckerd1 for putting lots of good reference material on TFF last year), a Winchester model 1890 serial # 139379 was built in1902 and a model 1906 with the same serial number was built in 1909. 1927 to 1942 Model 1906 parts were used in 'parts cleanup' with Model 1890 receivers that were in the 1890 serial number range.
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