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Definition of an Antique Firearm and Selected Serial Numbers

The Federal government defines an antique firearm as one made in or before 1898. Also included are any firearms made after 1898 that do not fire fixed ammunition or fire fixed ammunition that is no longer commercially available. The following list indicates the high serial number range reached by the end of 1898 for selected models.

Colt Single Action Army & Bisley Revolvers 182,000
Colt Model 1877 Lightning DA Revolver 111,199
Colt Model 1878 Frontier DA Revolver 40,196
Colt Model 1892, 93 New Army & Navy Revolvers 118,981
Colt Lightning .22 Caliber Rifle 35,334
Colt Lightning .38 & .44 Caliber Rifles 84,321
Ithaca Hammerless Shotgun, Grade 1 32,988
Ithaca Hammer Shotgun, Grade A 33,011
Marlin Model 1892 Rifle 177,382
Marlin Model 1893 Rifle 177,304
Marlin Model 1894 Rifle 175,431
Marlin Model 1895 Rifle 167,531
Marlin Model 1897 Rifle 177,197
Winchester Model 1866 Rifle 170,101
Winchester Model 1873 Rifle 525,299
Winchester Model 1876 Rifle 63,871
Winchester Model 1885 Rifle 82,256
Winchester Model 1886 Rifle 118,433
Winchester Model 1890 Rifle 64,521
Winchester Model 1892 Rifle 103,316
Winchester Model 1894 Rifle 53,613
Winchester Model 1895 Rifle 19,477
Winchester Model 1887 Shotgun 64,842
Winchester Model 1897 Shotgun 63,633
Winchester Hotchkiss Rifle 84,551
Winchester Lee Navy (Production Ended 1898) 20,000
Parker Shotguns 89,943
L.C. Smith Double Shotgun 61,199
Greener Sidelock Shotgun 5,311
Greener Boxlock shotgun 47,130
James Purdey & Sons, London 16,299
James Woodward & Sons 15,327
Westley Richard & Co. Shotguns & Rifles 15,818
Westley Richard & Co. T Boxlock Shotgun 13,483
Auguste Francotte & Co. 31,768
Krag-Jorgenson Carbine Model 96, 6.5mm 850
Krag-Jorgenson Model 94, 6.5mm Rifle 40,250
E.J. Churchill, England – last gun in 1898 was 1,046
John Dickson & Sons, Edinburg – last gun in 1898 was 5,000
Stephen Grant & Sons, London – last gun in 1898 was 7,100
Charles Lancaster, London – last gun in 1898 was 8,132
Joseph Lang, London – last gun in 1898 was 8,700
James Purdy & Sons LTD, London – last gun in 1898 was 16,420
John Rigby & Co., Dublin – last gun in 1898 was 16,600
Westley Richard & Co., LTD, Birmingham – last gun in 1898 was 15,500

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