Winchester Model 1894 carbine, .32 W.S., 14-inch
Official wording
Winchester, Model 1894 or 94 carbine, cal. .32 W.S., S/N 781211, 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 781211”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1894–1934.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: outside reference ¹- Manufacturer
- Winchester Repeating Arms Co.Basis: the ATF wording
- Type
- RifleBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- LeverBasis: no citation
- Caliber
- .32 Winchester SpecialBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- Listed serials only · c. 1894–1934production; ATF states no dateBasis: estimate ²
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 64 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 2 lines
- 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 1894” ↗, country: infobox origin United States; produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company from 1894.
- 2. Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1894” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): designed and introduced in 1894; Winchester made the Model 1894 from 1894 to 1980 (article), so the 1894 start is sourced and the 1934 end is our estimate.
- 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, “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.