Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Winchester 94 U.S. Border Patrol Commemorative carbine

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. 21 ↗

Winchester, Model 94, United States Border Patrol Commemorative, carbine, cal. .30-30.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: “United States Border Patrol Commemorative”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1981.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Winchester (Olin or U.S. Repeating Arms)²³
Type
Rifle
Action
Lever
Caliber
.30-30
Made
1981production; ATF states no date¹
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 21 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. winchestercollector.org ↗, years: WACA commemorative list (factory issues): 1981 U.S. Border Patrol, 1,000 produced (Member Model 800, also 1981)
  2. 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. Issued 1981: made by Olin or by U.S. Repeating Arms (side uncertain).
  3. Wikipedia, “U.S. Repeating Arms Company” ↗, maker: “In 1981, the U.S. Repeating Arms Company was established by Winchester employees to purchase the rights to manufacture Winchester-branded rifles and shotguns in New Haven, Connecticut, under license from Olin.” This article dates the change to 1981, the other to December 1980.
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
2 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passYears: 1974 → 1981. WACA commemorative list dates the U.S. Border Patrol issue to 1981, the year the New Haven plant passed from Olin to U.S. Repeating Arms
  2. Evidence passMaker: Winchester (Olin Corp.) → Winchester (Olin or U.S. Repeating Arms). WACA commemorative list dates the U.S. Border Patrol issue to 1981, the year the New Haven plant passed from Olin to U.S. Repeating Arms

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Historical context

Winchester Model 1894 (base model shown for Winchester 94 U.S. Border Patrol Commemorative carbine)
Shown: a standard Winchester Model 94, not the U.S. Border Patrol 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.