Need help to ID. sights package on Model 75 from 1939|Winchester .22 Rim Fire|Forum|Winchester Collector

BillWyo said
Thank you. I was also thinking that, but I ran into a book which had a reference that seemed to say that Winchester branded that sight package as their sight but in fact it was a Wittek-Vaver G7527R match package. Not sure of this reference??? Would that be correct?
  

Hi BillWyo,

Thanks for the good, clear pictures – makes our job easy!

Blue Ridge Parson is exactly correct, your rifle (as configured) is a G7501R with the Winchester manufactured 84A Rear Extension Sight (which is wearing a Marble-Goss aperture) and the Winchester manufactured 99A front sight.

The Winchester catalog number G7527R you mentioned came equipped with the Vaver 3875 rear sight and the Vaver 1175 front sight which is not what you have.

The sight packages for the Model 75 were numerous and confusing so it is possible you misinterpreted the book or it is in error.

Best Regards,

P.S. In the future, the most current reference book on the Model 75 specifically is “The Winchester Model 75 – Diversity in Design” published in 2025

There were three different eras of the G7501R and the sights changed for each era.  The 99A with the 84A receiver sight was the first era of the G7501R and most were pre-WWII.  

You can get a letter from Pauline Muerrle who has the polishing room records for the 75 and it will tell you the date of manufacture (week/month/year) but there are no warehouse records available to give you the exact configuration of sights as shipped.

To answer your other question, there are no specific records covering the exact number of the early G7501R rifles with your sight package produced but we can make a pretty good educated guess based on some of the known data.  I will walk you through it at a high level so you can get a feel for the quantity.

The last “pre-WWII” serial number recorded in the polishing room records was 45365.  Of that number approximately 10,000 +/- were the G7505R government contract rifles with a different sight package.  The pre-war Model 75 Sporting rifles made up approximately 20% of that remaining number and the G7501R made up approximately 70% of the remainder from that, so the number you are looking for is roughly (45,365 – ≈10,000) x .8 x .7 = ≈19,804 pre-war Model 75 rifles in the G7501R sight configuration like yours.  The G7501R was the most common variant of the Model 75 Target.  

Let us know if you have any other questions.

Best Regards,

The WACA date lookup tables are the most accurate online and the 75 tables are based on the polishing room information so if our WACA site says “1939” then that is what it is.  You have a second year of production rifle and yours was in the polishing room near the end of 1939.

Congrats on your purchase, they are accurate rifles.

Best Regards,

The newly numbered receiver would have had to make it through the assembly process rather quickly, but it is possible.  In 1939 Winchester was averaging over 1,000 Model 75 rifles per month.

Best Regards,