Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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C&R · IIIA · 054

Winchester Model 1894 carbine, .30, S/N 41805

Section IIIA: removed from the NFA, classed as an antique (outside the GCA)

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IIIA · VERBATIM · PDF P. 81 ↗

Winchester, Model 1894 carbine, cal. .30, S/N 41805, with 15-inch barrel.

ATF lists cal. .30; this is the .30-30 cartridge.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with 15-inch barrel”
  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N 41805”
  • ATF REQUIRESMade 1898 or earlier (ATF’s dates)
  • INFOAn antique under federal law, outside the GCA.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
Type
Rifle
Action
Lever
Caliber
.30-30²
Made
S/N 41805 only · c. 1895–1898ATF: made in 1898 or earlier; start year approximate¹
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IIIA · PDF p. 81 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 17 October 2026 (Data-trust review) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1894” ↗, years: originally chambered .32-40 or .38-55; first rifle chambered for the .30 WCF (.30-30) in 1895
  2. Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1894” ↗, calibers: .30 WCF became known as the .30-30 Winchester
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
1 change · see below

Correction history

  1. Data-trust reviewYears: 1894–1898 → 1895–1898. Winchester first chambered the Model 1894 in .30 WCF (.30-30) in 1895; before that only .32-40 and .38-55

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Historical context

Winchester Model 1894 (base model shown for Winchester Model 1894 carbine, .30, S/N 41805)
Shown: a standard Winchester Model 94, not this 15-inch-barrel carbine.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Winchester-94-32spl noBG.png” by https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Waltherppx, CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1894”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Winchester Model 1894 rifle is a lever-action repeating rifle that became one of the most famous and popular hunting rifles of all time. It was designed by John Browning in 1894 and originally chambered in either the .32-40 Winchester or the .38-55 Winchester, two metallic black powder cartridges. It was later the first rifle to chamber the smokeless powder round, the .30 WCF in 1895. In 1901, Winchester created the new .32 Winchester Special caliber with production of rifles starting in 1902.