Winchester Model 1886, .33 WCF, 14-inch, S/N 149317A
Official wording
Winchester, Model 1886, cal. .33 WCF, S/N 149317A, with 14-inch barrel.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with 14-inch barrel”
- ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N 149317A”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1903–1935.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: no citation - Manufacturer
- Winchester Repeating Arms Co.Basis: the ATF wording
- Type
- RifleBasis: outside reference ¹
- Action
- LeverBasis: no citation
- Caliber
- .33 WCFBasis: the ATF wording
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 45 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1886” ↗, type: lead: lever-action repeating rifle; infobox type lever-action rifle.
- 2. Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1886” ↗, years: 'in 1903 the rifle was chambered for the smokeless high-velocity .33 WCF cartridge'; 'In 1935, Winchester replaced the M1886 with ... the Model 71' (infobox production 1886–1935).
- 3. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, years: Gun Digest: 'Produced about 160,000 from 1886 to 1935'; .33 WCF among the ten chamberings.
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- None
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “WinchesterModel1886cutout.png” by Bardbom, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1886”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Winchester Model 1886 was a lever-action repeating rifle designed by John Browning to handle some of the more powerful cartridges of the period. Originally chambered in .45-70 Government, .45-90 Sharps, and .40-82 Winchester, it was later offered in a half dozen other large cartridges, including the .50-110 Winchester. Despite being originally designed for use with black powder, the action was strong enough to make the jump to smokeless powder with only minor modifications, and was subsequently chambered in the smokeless .33 Winchester cartridge beginning in 1903.