Date of manufacture

[Bob in Revelstoke]

Perhaps someone out there can help me find the date of manufacture of a .22 rifle I have.

It is a model 1890 pump action in .22 long. Take down, octogon barrel. Serial number 320605. The rear sight is marked. Pat. 1901 and is adjustable for elevation only.

I have checked google and others but cannot find any information on it other than it became a model 62 in about 1932.

Perhaps it was a model that all information was lost due to fires or other mishaps at the factory.

Thank you in adavance
Bob

[NyFirefighter357]

https://gun-data.com/winchester_Model_1890.htm

WINCHESTER MODEL 1890

			First Serial Number of Each Year
Model	Year	Serial No	Model	Year	Serial No	Model	Year	Serial No
1890 Pump	1890	1	1890 Pump	1891	114	1890 Pump	1892	8261
1890	1893	16081	1890	1894	19989	1890	1895	31020
1890	1896	38255	1890	1897	44709	1890	1898	54906
1890	1899	64521	1890	1900	78804	1890	1901	99176
1890	1902	124969	1890	1903	153251	1890	1904	185606
1890	1905	222619	1890	1906	257615	1890	1907	295124
1890	1908	336833	1890	1909	370684	1890	1910	400262
1890	1911	430403	1890	1912	458100	1890	1913	485432
1890	1914	513774	1890	1915	537858	1890	1916	558130
1890	1917	577338	1890	1918	596046	1890	1919	610281
1890	1920	637645	1890	1921	644778	1890	1922	648761
1890	1923	657283	1890	1924	668817	1890	1925	678694
1890	1926	689856	1890	1927	701132	1890	1928	713071
1890	1929	725439	1890	1930	736211	1890	1931	743102
1890	1932	747266	1890	1933	747963	1890	1934	748952
1890	1935	750061	1890	1936	751089	1890	1937	751953
1890	1938	751996	1890	1939	752008	1890	1940	752026
1890	1941	752044

[Bob in Revelstoke]

NyFirefighter357:
Thankyou fot the information I requested. Every site I found didn't have anything. This shows what members here can do. Thanks again.
Bob

[Ballistics in Scotland]

Winchester dates aren't fully reliable. They didn't have "just in time" parts manufacture in those days, and if there had been no significant design changes new serialized receivers could go on top of the bin, and those required for assembly taken off the top. Serial numbers were mainly for identifying repair parts needed, not for forensic purposes. But with a popular model like the 1890 I would be surprised to find them far out.

[Texas by God]

Watching 1890 pump .22s and 1897 pump shotguns being fired always reminds me of farm machinery! I love them. My 1897 is approx 108 years old and still 100% reliable. It will still run a table of bowling pins posthaste.
Best, Thomas.

[Bob in Revelstoke]

My 1890 is well used. The inside of the barrel looks like a factory chimney with half the bricks missing. However, it is very accurate still. .22 longs are scarce though.

[Ballistics in Scotland]

My 1890 is well used. The inside of the barrel looks like a factory chimney with half the bricks missing. However, it is very accurate still. .22 longs are scarce though.

That is where it lost out to the Marlins, which would digest the different lengths of cartridge without interchange of parts. With the 1890 you would have to replace the carrier, but I wouldn't be surprised if somebody makes them. Check a Long Rifle in the chamber, for if it is eroded you might find they fit without alteration of the chamber.