Winchester Model 1894 carbine, .30 WCF, 14 1/4-inch, S/N 923000
Official wording
Winchester, Model 1894 or 94 carbine, cal. .30 WCF, S/N 923000, with 14 1/4-inch barrel.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with 14 1/4-inch barrel”
- ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N 923000”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1920.
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 59 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1894” ↗, action: lever-action repeating rifle
- 2. Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1894” ↗, calibers: first rifle chambered for the .30 WCF (1895), later known as the .30-30 Winchester
- 3. Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1894” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): made by Winchester Repeating Arms from 1894 (start of the model only); infobox production 1894–2006
- 4. Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1894” ↗, country: infobox origin United States; made by Winchester Repeating Arms
- 5. winchestercollector.org ↗, years: WACA historian Bert H. (post of June 10, 2023): Model 1894 Polishing Room Serialization Record Books (Cody Firearms Museum records) year-end serials 1919: 895365, 1920: 926851, so S/N 923000 was made in 1920; he calls the G. Madis table (which would give 1923) erroneous
- 6. winchestercollector.org ↗, years: WACA "When Was Your Winchester Made?" lookup (via the site's own lookup API: model "Model 1894 (94)", serial 923000) returns 1920, agreeing with the Polishing Room table
- 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
- Evidence passYears: 1894–1934 → 1920. Years end 1934 rests on sibling models only; the cited Winchester Model 1894 article gives production 1894–2006; a Winchester serial table for S/N 923000 would date this carbine.
Historical context
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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.