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March 6, 2011
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My friend just showed me a gun he recently bought. 1894 SRC 38-55, #1448. How many true first year, 1894, SRCs were there?
April 15, 2005
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Is it a 1st variation?
Thus far, I have verified (15) SRC’s made in 1894 (pre serial number 1675), and I suspect there are at least a few dozen more. Serial number 1448 would be the 16th if it checks out correctly.
Bert
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Not a first variation. So the vast majority were rifles?
April 15, 2005
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wolfbait said
Not a first variation. So the vast majority were rifles?
Yes, the majority of the early production Model 1894s were rifles. Per the information I received from the CFM records office (Jesi) in my research of the 1st variations, the following statistics apply for the first 7,999 Model 1894s manufactured;
| Variations | Qty Made | % of Total |
| Rifles | 7,457 | 93.22% |
| Carbines | 503 | 6.29% |
| Blank entry | 39 | 0.49% |
| Total | 7,999 | 100.00% |
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Well, from a newbie collector to the civilian, guns that won the west, I gotta say. Holy crap there is a lot going on.
I wound up going with a pre 1920 (1908), model 1894, full size barrel and magazine, with 80% bluing, and strong rifling, half octogon half round barrel, and ivory bead front sight.
There is a lot more I wanted, so I’ve definitely got this bug, but this was the best value going for an entry collector rifle for the $2500 range.
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