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January 30, 2016
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1956 run of the mill .32 spec Carbine . Thing is after the 21xxxxx serial number is a large “ X “ same spacing basic height etc of the numbers . The depth of the strike , blue in the bottom on “ X” and subtle wear around the raised displaced metal suggests factory applied . I have never in a lot of years seen this . A search on other forums suggests a duplicate serial number caught in production and the “ X “ was applied ????? Comments ?
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April 15, 2005
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Winchester marked the post WW II production guns with the “X” suffix when an accidental duplicate serial number occurred. Thus far, I have encountered (surveyed) a total of (57) Model 94s with duplicate serial numbers. One of the (57) has “XX” indicating it was a triplicate serial number. The “X stamp was used on many different models.
Model 94 duplicate serial numbers;
Model 71 duplicate serial number:
Model 43 duplicate serial numbers;
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January 30, 2016
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Well , thank you very much . Again a poor day I don’t learn something . Appreciate the reply !
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December 10, 2008
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Greetings Bert:
Am wondering if the “X” suffix would add any “rarity” value when negotiating a sales price?
TIA
August 27, 2014
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OW1892 said
Greetings Bert:Am wondering if the “X” suffix would add any “rarity” value when negotiating a sales price?
TIA
I wouldn’t pay more for one.
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April 15, 2005
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OW1892 said
Greetings Bert:Am wondering if the “X” suffix would add any “rarity” value when negotiating a sales price?
TIA
Not in my opinion. Based on the fact that I have thus far found nearly (60) of them in just the Model 94, I would not classify them as “rare”… the term “uncommon” would be more appropriate.
Bert
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June 26, 2013
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Now if you had both rifles with the duplicated serial number (the one with the “X” and the one without), I would pay a bit of a premium. But that follows the same logic for consecutive serial numbered guns.
Don
May 26, 2018
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Bert, since I didn’t remember that I sent mine to you way back when, I took this pic to include in your list and realized you showed it in the post.
This recent pic is a bit better than the earlier one so since it is done if you want to replace your old file with it here it is.
April 15, 2005
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jban said
Bert, since I didn’t remember that I sent mine to you way back when, I took this pic to include in your list and realized you showed it in the post.This recent pic is a bit better than the earlier one so since it is done if you want to replace your old file with it here it is.
Thanks… I have replaced the older picture with this one.
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I have a model 1894 LL06953…. Can anyone help me with the year
April 15, 2005
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Josh said
I have a model 1894 LL06953…. Can anyone help me with the year
I believe that you have one too many digits listed in the serial number. It should be 6-digits long.
Bert
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December 21, 2006
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Unless it s a Legendary Lawman Commemorative, with the LL prefix then it would be 1978 manufacture
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November 7, 2015
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If as Bert suggests there is an extra digit the “1” may look like an “L”. A commemorative as Henry suggests could have five digits following “LL”. Perhaps you could tell us about the other markings on your Winchester, Josh.
Mike
Bert H. said rnWinchester marked the post WW II production guns with the “X” suffix when an accidental duplicate serial number occurred. Thus far, I have encountered (surveyed) a total of (57) Model 94s with duplicate serial numbers. One of the (57) has “XX” indicating it was a triplicate serial number. The “X stamp was used on many different models.rnrnModel 94 duplicate serial numbers;rnrnrnrnModel 71 duplicate serial number:rnrnrnrnModel 43 duplicate serial numbers;rnrnrn rnThank you for the info! this sight is a wealth of Winchester knowledge. We just got a Model 12 with an (X) serial. We’re in Bremerton (gorst) if Mr. Bert H would like to com have a look
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Bert H. said rnWinchester marked the post WW II production guns with the “X” suffix when an accidental duplicate serial number occurred. Thus far, I have encountered (surveyed) a total of (57) Model 94s with duplicate serial numbers. One of the (57) has “XX” indicating it was a triplicate serial number. The “X stamp was used on many different models.rnrnModel 94 duplicate serial numbers;rnrnrnrnModel 71 duplicate serial number:rnrnrnrnModel 43 duplicate serial numbers;rnrnrn rnThank you for the info! this sight is a wealth of Winchester knowledge. We just got a Model 12 with an (X) serial. We’re in Bremerton (gorst) if Mr. Bert H would like to com have a look
I may just stop in and do that!
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