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 ?
thx
cheers
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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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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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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November 7, 2015

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
Boerner’s said
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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