Winchester model 06, .22 pump rifle serial number/date question again

[lawsco]

Mystery serial number addition

Mine is clearly labeled “model 06” and that it can fire “22s,l,lr”. It is round barreled & has the shorter foregrip. It is also a takedown and in all other ways appears to be a model 1906 rather than a model 62. The serial number however, is well outside the “known” serial number range as it is marked “834822”. Its a good shooter with a good bore but the outside is pretty rusty and well browned as opposed to blued. Recently purchased and am never selling it as I’ve wanted one of these for a long time. Probably paid too much at $450.00 but like I said I really wanted an original made in USA Winchester; not some foreign copy. Not knocking the Rossi or other copies; just my personal quirk that I would rather have the original in shooting condition rather than a mint unused copy of the original.

 

[Scorch]

Your rifle is well within the known ranges of serial numbers for the 1906, which go up to 848,000. While production officially ended in 1935 (the Depression was not nice to Winchester or any other gun maker), there were enough parts on hand to make hundreds of thousands of the 1906 pump action rifle, and that is exactly what happened until the 1960s. Much like other popular firearms made by Winchester, 1906 rifles could still be ordered after they had been officially discontinued, and were marked like your rifle, "Model 06". In fact, until 1978 or 1979, you could special order a Model 12 or pre-64 Model 70, both of which had been officially discontinued 15 years earlier (the sale of Winchester to USRAC ended that).

 

[Firefly2002]

06 post production

My dad's 06 has a serial number of 758044. I'm guessing it was manufactured after 1935. I do know he purchased it used prior to America's entry into WWII.