Hello all,
I picked up a 9422M last year at a gun show. It's an obvious safe queen in beautiful condition. It has the serial number F37370. I called Winchester and talked to the historian about the rifle. They were kind of surprised - I was told that the first year serial numbers started in the 60xxx range, maybe it was 64xxx(I can't remember exactly) and that my rifle must have predated the first year but that's all they could tell me. It's not stamped XTR and it has some pretty nice wood, with a gloss finish and no checkering. It's probably a 95% rifle. Although I don't shoot it very much, it's a great rifle to shoot - very accurate and slicker action than my Marlin 1894m 22mag.
I wondered if anybody had any information or explanation about this low ser# rifle.
Thanks!
