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I can't remember where I found this a long while back but here we go...
Winchester Model 70 Production Dates
YEAR APPROXIMATE LAST SERIAL NUMBER
1935 19
1936 2238
1937 11573
1938 17844
1939 23991
1940 31675
1941 41753
1942 49206
1943 49983
1944 49997
1945 50921
1946 58382
1947 75675
1948 101680
1949 131580
1950 173150
1951 206625
1952 238820
1953 282735
1954 323530
1955 361025
1956 393595
1957 425283
1958 440792
1959 465040
1960 504257
1961 545446
1962 565592
1963 581471
1964 740599
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Those serial #’s don’t jive with those in Rule’s book. Additionally, the serial #’s are broken down by month in Rule. No harm in having two references though....
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Thanks for taking time to post that.
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The numbers in the original post are the ones in the book 'Winchester Date of Manufacture 1849-2000" George Madis Not saying they are right or wrong, only that is where they came from.
Last edited by Milwroad; 06/20/18.
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My only pre-64 Modal 70 is from 1939, the year I was born, but it is clean of scope holes. Oh, that is a 30-06 and I find I do have another in 375 H&H, along with two other different non-pre-64 375 H&H rifles.
All my others are LH Classics from after I found they were available. I'm pretty happy with Model 70s!
Norman Solberg
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There's 2 dates they carve on your tombstone.
Everyone knows what they mean.
What's more important is time that is known
as the little dash inbetween.
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1963 STD stock cut, shooter.
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