Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Winchester Model 94, Texas Ranger Commemorative

Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 20 ↗

Winchester, Model 94, 150th Anniversary Texas Ranger Commemorative, carbine.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: “150th Anniversary Texas Ranger Commemorative”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1973–1974.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Winchester-Western Div., Olin Corp.¹
Type
Rifle
Action
Lever
Caliber
.30-30
Made
1973–1974production; ATF states no date²³
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 20 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Winchester Repeating Arms Company” ↗, maker: “In December 1980, the New Haven plant was sold to its employees” and “incorporated as the U.S. Repeating Arms Company”, “granted a license to make Winchester arms”; Olin made Winchester arms until then; made 1973, before the sale: Olin era.
  2. winchestercollector.org ↗, years: WACA commemorative list: 1974 Texas Ranger, 4,850 produced
  3. collectorsfirearms.com ↗, years: Texas Ranger Commemorative SN RA3038: 'Made in 1973, .30-30 with an 20" barrel'
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. Evidence passYears: 1973 → 1973–1974. WACA lists the Texas Ranger under 1974, a dealer record dates an example to 1973; widened to cover both

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Historical context

Winchester Model 1894 (base model shown for Winchester Model 94, Texas Ranger Commemorative)
Shown: the base Winchester Model 94, not the Texas Ranger commemorative.

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.