Canadian law-enforcement Winchester 1894 (.30-30) — photos, provenance, rack numbers wanted (20″ SRCs)|Winchester Rifles|Forum|Winchester Collector

Hi all — I’m assembling a registry of Canadian law-enforcement–associated Winchester Model 1894 (.30-30) carbines (20″ SRCs) and I need your help.

WACA collectors in Canada have long come across municipal and agency examples — City of Toronto, Barrie, Calgary, various Railway Police — but the documentation is scattered or unpublished.

On the contrary, U.S. LE Winchesters (LAPD, San Antonio, etc.) are well-catalogued; our Canadian examples need the same kind of provenance and photographic record.

What I’m looking for (anyone can help):
• Photos of carbines with any Canadian police/agency markings, rack numbers, unusual stamps, or proven provenance.
• Documentation — Canadian procurement records, inventory lists, letters, memos, or archival scans.
• Oral histories — Canadian accounts from retired officers or armoury staff who recall storage, issue, or use of these guns.
• Accessories — marked ammo boxes, racks, sling tags, inspection cards, paperwork, or holster/locker photos that link a rifle to an agency.

For example:

The best inference about City of Toronto SRCs is that they were centrally stored (Toronto Police armoury or City property depot) and loaned out for emergencies, civic wartime drills, and possibly jail/transfer duty (Don Jail). Many of these guns are unmarked for a specific jail or agency, suggesting cross-agency use — but that’s still speculation without primary sources (photos, invoices, procurement docs, letters). Some have been observed with rack numbers, others have not. 

Bert Hartman has a survey on these Winchester “City of Toronto” SRC’s