![]() Thank you for taking the time to evaluate this rifle for me, it was left to me by my Dad. I also wasn't sure if it was a second model take-down (due to serial number - 228697) or is it a more common third model take-down? Not sure if this means the barrel has been replaced? I have attached pictures as well. There are no makers marks on the barrel or receiver. The rifle cycles fine and the bore is in good shape with rifling visible and sharp. It has some minor pitting on the right side. The receiver has no visible serial number. During the 4+ year production run, a number of design changes were made, and with them, Winchester changed the serial number marking to include an A above the serial number, and later a B. The rear tang has Model 1890, Winchester, Trademark stamped into it. Beginning at s/n 34150, there is a relatively brief intermixing of Model 1893 serial numbers with the Model 1897 serial numbers. The fore grip is 5" long with 12 grooves. The wood is in good shape, with a few minor dings and scratches, nothing major. It has the octagonal barrel and has 22 Long stamped where the barrel meets the receiver. From this info it was manufactured in 1905. Can you please estimate the value of this rifle? I looked up the serial number 228697 in the Winchester pocket guide. 1888." Mounted on a 12 groove forearm and smooth straight grip stock with a crescent buttplate.I have a Winchester Model 1890 Pump. The upper tang is marked "WINCHESTER/MODEL 1890." The lower tang is marked "PAT. The rifle was shipped on 23 June 1891 on order number 3331. 22 long before shipment without documenting the change in the factory ledger. Given the second warehouse date it is possible that the factory changed the caliber to. The letter lists an additional warehouse date of 22 June 1891. 22 short when it was received in the warehouse on 30 December 1890. According to the included factory letter, the rifle was chambered in. The rifle has a dovetailed blade front sight and a notch rear sight on a barrel marked with the two-line address ahead of the rear sight and "22 LONG" at the breech. The serial number 2 is a correct factory marking that is an exception to the rule. See "Winchester Slide-Action Rifles Volume I: Model 1890 & Model 1906" on page 74. The serial number on First Models is encountered on the lower tang only but as Winchester slide action rifle expert and author Ned Schwing has noted at least one exception where the serial number was located on the frame only like this example. ![]() Serial number 2 is stamped on the underside of the frame. The First Model variant was only manufactured from 1890 to 1892. Also special is the extremely late serial number, issued long after the 1927 merger of the Model 1890 and Model 1906 serial ranges, perhaps placing its manufacture as last as post-WW2. This is an example of a First Model Winchester Model 1890 slide action rifle with the concealed locking lugs and solid casehardened frame. Model 1897 serial numbers begin at serial number 31609, approximately where the 1893 model serials ended. Model 18 serial numbers overlap in 1897-1899. Offered here is serial number 2 of Winchester's first slide action production rifle, the Model 1890. From 1897 to 1899, Models 1897 were serially numbered with the Model 1893. ![]()
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