Winchester Model 1894 carbine, .30-30 WCF, S/N 42771
Official wording
Winchester, Model 1894 carbine, cal. .30-30 WCF, S/N 42771.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N 42771”
- ATF REQUIRESMade 1898 or earlier (ATF’s dates)
- INFOAn antique under federal law, outside the GCA.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: no citation - Manufacturer
- Winchester Repeating Arms Co.Basis: the ATF wording
- Type
- RifleBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- LeverBasis: no citation
- Caliber
- .30-30Basis: outside reference ²
- Made
- S/N 42771 only · c. 1895–1898ATF: made in 1898 or earlier; start year approximateBasis: outside reference ¹
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IIIA · PDF p. 81 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- 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
- 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
Historical context
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.