Winchester Model 120 Serial Numbers

Winchester 12 in 12 ga. Cal., with 26' barrel. Serial number 1384507. Winchester model 12 circa 1953, comes with a two bead simmons vent rib and a 26 inch mirror bore b.click for more info.

Model 1876 Model 1885 Single Shot Model 1886 Model 1892 Model 1894 (Mod 94) Model 1895 Model 53 Model 55 Model 64 Model 65 Model 71 Model 88 Model 150 Model 9422. Slide Action Rifles top. Model 1890 Model 1906 Model 61 Model 62. Bolt Action Rifles top. Lee Straight Pull Hotchkiss Rifles Model 1900 Model 1902 Model 1904 Model 43 Model 47 Model. The Winchester Model 12 serial numbers are sequential starting at 1. Also Known as the M12 or Model 12.introduced in 1912 with only the 20 gauge available, 12 ga. Came out in 1914. The principle designer of the Winchester model 12 was John Browning. Winchester Model 12 Serial Number.

The only barrels that the model 120 will not take are the Winchester defender shotguns, as they have an extended magazine tube and therefore the band is further up the barrel. Mahabharat series watch online. The smooth racking is a result of the speed pump and having two action bars and the stick in the racking on mine i find is closing the chamber, the bolt rubs on the ejector. Winchester Firearms Manufacturing Dates by Serial Number and Year 1866 through the early 1990s The following pages were scanned from documents compiled over the years by the customer service department of Winchester Repeating Arms. None of the page scans are of original documents but are.TOO POST-64 MODEL 94 BEGAN WITH SERIAL NUMBER 2,700,000.

The Model 1200 and Model 1300 are two pump-action shotguns that were manufactured by the Winchester-Western Division of Olin Corporation. It was produced in 12-, 16- and 20-gauge. The military version of the 1200 has the ability to have a bayonet fixed on the end of the barrel to be used in close quarters combat (CQC).^[2]

History[edit]

The Winchester Model 1200 was introduced in 1964 as a low-cost replacement for the venerable Model 12.^[3] A small number of these weapons were acquired by the United States Army in 1968 and 1969.^[4] The military style Model 1200 was essentially the same weapon as the civilian version, except it had a ventilated handguard, sling swivels, and a bayonet lug.^[4] The Model 1200 was succeeded by the Winchester Model 1300 in 1983 when U.S. Repeating Arms Company became the manufacturer of Winchester firearms.^[2] Production of the Model 1300 ceased in 2006, when USRAC went bankrupt.^[5] The model lives on in the Winchester SXP.

Description[edit]

The Winchester Model 1200 came in barrel lengths of 30-inch, and 28-inch with a fixed choke or the Win-choke screw in choke tubes system and is a 12, 16, or 20-gauge, manually operated, slide action shotgun. The slide action, also known as a pump-action, means that the shotgun has a moving bolt system which is operated by a 'wooden or composite slide called the fore-end'.^[6] The fore-end is located on the underside of the barrel and moves front to back. The weapon can hold a maximum of five rounds total with four in the tubular magazine and one in the chamber. The Model 1300 holds 6 2-3/4' shells in the magazine. It has a hammerless action which means that there is no external hammer spur. There is an internal hammer which strikes the firing pin which - in turn - strikes the primer on the shell to ignite the powder in the round.^[7]

The Model 1200 was the second shotgun to utilize a rotary bolt with four locking lugs secured within the barrel extension. The AR 17 being the first to use a rotary bolt. The 1200 was Winchester's first shotgun to incorporate the company's patented Winchoke system, a quick change tube to allow the easy replacement of chokes.^[2]

Bayonet[edit]

A bayonet could be attached to the front end of the barrel of the Military version of the Model 1200. The primary uses of the bayonet on the model 1200 are for close combat, guarding prisoners, and riot duty.^[7] The most commonly used bayonet with the Model 1200 was the M1917 bayonet. After World War I ended, there was a large surplus of the M1917 bayonets because the Army decided to keep the M1903 Springfield as the standard issued rifle. The M1917 bayonet did not fit the Springfield rifles so instead of just getting rid of them, the Army decided to make newer shotguns compatible with the bayonets.^[8] Model 1200 shotguns with bayonet lugs and ventilation ribs were still in U.S. Army inventories as late as the invasion of Iraq 2003. Dragon ball z majin boo saga episodes in hindi dubbing. During the Iraq war the Model 1200 shotguns were phased out in favor of Mossberg 500 shotguns.

Variants[edit]

• Model 1200: Standard capacity model with four-shell tubular magazine
• Model 1200 Defender: Increased capacity model with six-shell tubular magazine (Six 3' Shells or seven 2&3/4' Shells).
• Model 1200 Police: Increased capacity variant of the Model 1200 Defender with an electrolysis nickel-plated satin barrel and magazine tube.
• Model 1200 Marine: Increased capacity variant of the Model 1200 Defender with an electrolysis nickel-plated polished barrel and magazine tube.
• Model 1200 Riot: Standard capacity model with 18.5' barrel and rifle sights. Blued steel barrel and magazine. Marked 'Riot' on barrel.
• Ted Williams Model 200: Standard Model 1200 marketed by Sears
• Model 1200 Hunting: 28-inch barrel with a built-in choke and a five-shell tubular magazine.
• Model 1300: Slightly updated version with up to six-shell tubular magazine
• Model 1300 Defender: Increased capacity variants of the Model 1300 with a seven-shell tubular magazine.
• Model 1300 Marine: Increased capacity variant of the Model 1300 with an electroless nickel-plated barrel and magazine tube.
• Various Model 1300 variants^[9][10]
• Model 2200: Model 1200 with full length stock and barrel, produced for the Canadian firearms market.
• Model 120: Budget hardwood stock version marketed at various department stores, such as K-Mart. Birch stock, fixed choke, etc.
• Ranger Model 120: Budget hardwood stock version marketed at sporting goods stores, such as Cabelas & K-Mart. Plain stock, Winchoke, etc.

Users[edit]

• Czech Republic: The Model 1300 Defender is used in small numbers by the Czech Armed Forces.^[11]
• Russia: since 14 August 1992^[12] until March 2006^[13] Winchester 1300 shotguns were used in private security companies^[14]
• United States^[15]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Winchester Dates of Manufacture'.
2. ^ ^abcWilson, R. L. (2008). Winchester: An American Legend. Book Sales, Inc. pp. 223–265. ISBN978-0-7858-1893-9.
3. ^Criss, Chuck (28 May 2008). 'Winchester Repeating'. olive-drab.com. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
4. ^ ^abCriss, Chuck (22 May 2008). 'WINCHESTER 1200 SHOTGUN'. Olive-drab.com. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
5. ^Hunter, Stephen (21 January 2006). 'Out With A Bang'. Washington Post. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
6. ^Coustan, Dave. 'How Shotguns Work'. HowStuffWorks.com. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
7. ^ ^abWestmoreland, William (11 March 1970). 'Winchester Model 1200 Riot Shotgun Manual'. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
8. ^Criss, Chuck (22 May 2008). 'M-1917 BAYONET'. Olive-drab.com. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
9. ^Winchester Repeating Firearms. 'IWinchester Firearms timeline'. Winchester Repeating Arms. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
10. ^Winchester Repeating Firearms. 'IWinchester 1200 and Model 130 comparison'. Winchester Repeating Arms. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
11. ^'zbrane.indd'(PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2010.
12. ^Postanovlenie Pravitel'stva Rossijskoj Federacii No. 587 ot 14 avgusta 1992 goda 'Voprosy chastnoj detektivnoj i ohrannoj deyatel'nosti'
13. ^'3. Ustanovit', chto ognestrel'noe oruzhie, priobretennoe v sootvetstvii s zakonodatel'stvom Rossijskoj Federacii negosudarstvennymi (chastnymi) ohrannymi predpriyatiyami do vstupleniya v silu nastoyaschego postanovleniya i ne vklyuchennoe v perechen' vidov vooruzheniya ohrannikov, utverzhdennyj postanovleniem Pravitel'stva Rossijskoj Federacii ot 14 avgusta 1992 g. N 587 (s izmeneniyami, vnesennymi nastoyaschim postanovleniem), mozhet nahodit'sya na vooruzhenii ohrannikov do 1 marta 2006 g.'
    Postanovlenie Pravitel'stva RF No. 179 ot 4 aprelya 2005
14. ^'v 1995 godu.. ohranniki moskovskogo ohrannogo byuro 'Aleks' V. Smirnov i A. Utehin, vozvraschayas' iz sluzhebnoj komandirovki, raspili spirtnye napitki s neizvestnymi licami. V rezul'tate, byli utracheny pistolet PM 'e 'Winchester-1300''
    Viktor Miklyaev. Ne ver'te 'Grifonu'! // 'CHastnyj sysk. Ohrana. Bezopasnost' No. 10, 1995, str.10-11
15. ^Canfield, Bruce N. American Rifleman (March 2002) pp.44-47&92-95

External links[edit]

Firearms produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (later Winchester-Western Company and U.S. Repeating Arms Company), 1866–2006, by model:

Year-model numbers 1866-1912[edit]

• Model 1866 lever-action rimfire (later centerfire) rifle
• Model 1873 lever-action centerfire rifle
• Model 1876 lever-action centerfire rifle
• Model 1878 Hotchkiss bolt-action rifle (US Army and Navy)
• Model 1885 falling-block single-shot rifle
• Model 1886 lever-action centerfire rifle
• Model 1887 lever-action shotgun
• Model 1890 slide-action .22 WRF rifle
• Model 1892 lever-action centerfire rifle
• Model 1893 slide-action shotgun
• Model 1894 lever-action centerfire rifle
• Model 1895 lever-action centerfire box-magazine rifle
• Model 1895 Lee bolt-action rifle (US Navy/Marine Corps)
• Model 1897 slide-action shotgun (Model 1893 variant)
• Model 1900 bolt-action single-shot .22 rifle
• Model 1901 lever-action shotgun (Model 1887 variant)
• Model 1902 bolt-action single-shot .22 rifle (Model 1900 variant)
• Model 1903 semi-automatic .22 Win Auto rifle
• Model 1904 bolt-action single-shot .22 rifle (Model 1900 variant)
• Model 99 'Thumb Trigger'^[1] single-shot .22 rifle
• Model 1905 semi-automatic centerfire rifle
• Model 1906 slide-action .22 WRF rifle (Model 1890 variant)
• Model 1907 semi-automatic centerfire rifle (Model 1905 variant)
• Model 1910 semi-automatic centerfire rifle (Model 1905 variant)
• Model 1911 SL semi-automatic shotgun
• Model 1912 slide-action shotgun

Sequential Model Numbers (Rifles) 1919-39[edit]

In 1919 Winchester abandoned numbering models by the year of introduction and assigned two-digit numbers, sequential beginning with 51 for rifles. Older guns still in production had their model numbers truncated, e.g. the Model 1912 shotgun became the Model 12. There was one exception: the unconventional 'Thumb Trigger' rifle, which was not previously numbered, was given the designation 99.^[1]

• Model 51 'Imperial' (1919) bolt-action rifle
• Model 52 (1920) bolt-action .22 match rifle
• Model 53 (1924) lever-action rifle (Model 92 variant)
• Model 54 (1925) bolt-action rifle
• Model 55^[2] (1924) lever-action rifle (Model 94 variant)
• Model 56 (1926) bolt-action .22 rifle
• Model 57 (1926) bolt-action .22 target rifle (Model 56 target variant)
• Model 58 (1928) bolt-action single-shot .22 rifle
• Model 59 (1930) bolt-action single-shot .22 rifle (Model 58 target variant)
• Model 60 (1930) bolt-action .22 rifle (Model 58 variant)
• Model 60A (1933) bolt-action .22 single shot rifle (Model 58 variant)
  • Available in standard and target models
• Model 61 (1932) slide-action .22 WCF (later .22 rimfire and .22 WMR) rifle
• Model 62 (1932) slide-action .22 rifle (Model 90 variant)
• Model 62A (1940) slide-action .22 rifle (Model 90 variant)
• Model 63 (1933) semi-automatic .22 rifle (Model 03 variant)
• Model 64 (1933) lever-action rifle (Model 94 variant)
• Model 65 (1933) lever-action rifle (Model 92 variant)
• Model 67^[3] (1934) bolt-action .22 rifle
• Model 677^[4] (1937) bolt-action .22 rifle (telescopic-sight-only Model 67 variant)
• Model 68 (1934) bolt-action .22 rifle (Model 67 variant)
• Model 69 (1935) bolt-action .22 rifle
• Model 697^[4] (1937) bolt-action .22 rifle (telescopic-sight-only Model 69 variant)
• Model 70 (1936) bolt-action rifle
• Model 71 (1935) lever-action rifle (Model 86 variant)
• Model 72 (1938) bolt-action .22 rifle
• Model 74^[5] (1939) semi-automatic .22 rifle
• Model 75 (1938) bolt-action .22 target rifle

Non-sequential model numbers (rifles) 1949-63[edit]

• Model 43 (1949) bolt-action rifle
• Model 47 (1949) bolt-action single-shot .22 rifle
• Model 55^[2] (1957) semi-automatic single-shot .22 rifle
• Model 77 (1955) semi-automatic .22 rifle
• Model 88 (1955) hybrid lever-action rifle
• Model 100 (1960) semi-automatic rifle
• Model 250 (1963) lever-action .22 rifle
• Model 270 (1963) slide-action .22 rifle
• Model 290 (1963) semi-automatic .22 rifle

Non-sequential model numbers

• Model 121 (1967) bolt-action single shot .22 rifle
• Model 131 (1967) bolt-action .22 rifle (repeating Model 121 variant, box magazine)
• Model 141 (1967) bolt-action .22 rifle (repeating Model 121 variant), butt stock tube fed rifle.
• Model 150 (1967) lever-action .22 rifle (Model 250 variant)
• Model 190 (1966) semi-automatic .22 rifle
• Model 255 (1964) lever-action .22 WMR rifle (Model 250 variant)
• Model 310 (1972) single shot .22 rifle
• Model 320 (1972) bolt-action .22 rifle 5 or 10 round box magazine
• Model 325 (1972) bolt-action .22 WMR rifle (Model 320 variant)
• Model 490 (1975) semi-automatic .22 rifle
• Model 670 (1966) bolt-action rifle
• Model 770 (1969) bolt-action rifle
• Model 9422 (1972) lever-action .22 rifle

Model numbers (shotguns) 1919-63[edit]

• Model 20 (1920) single-shot shotgun
• Model 21 (1931) double-barrel shotgun
• Model 24 (1939) double-barrel shotgun
• Model 25 (1949) slide-action shotgun (Model 12 variant)
• Model 36 (1919) single-shot 9mm rimfire shotgun (Garden Gun) (Model 1900 variant)
• Model 37 (1936) single-shot shotgun
• Model 40 (1939) semi-automatic shotgun
• Model 41 (1920) bolt-action single-shot .410-bore shotgun
• Model 42 (1933) slide-action .410-bore shotgun (Model 12 variant)
• Model 50 (1954) semi-automatic shotgun
• Model 59 (1960) semi-automatic shotgun
• Model 101 (1963) over/under shotgun

Model numbers (shotguns) 1964-2006[edit]

Winchester Model 120 Shotgun Serial Numbers

• Model 23 (1978) double-barrel shougun
• Model 37A (1973) single-shot shotgun (Model 37 variant)
• Model 96 (1976) over/under shotgun
• Model 370 (1972) single-shot shotgun (Model 37 variant)
• Model 1200 (1964) slide-action shotgun (Model 12 replacement)

(Model 1200 variant)

• Model 1400 (1964) semi-automatic shotgun
• Model 1500 (1978) semi-automatic shotgun (Model 1400 variant)
• The Winchester 1300 shotgun was first introduced in around 1981, when the US Repeating Arms Company (USRAC) took over production of the 'Winchester' brand guns from the Olin / Winchester corporation.
• Model 9410 (2001) lever-action .410-bore shotgun (Model 94 variant)
• Super-X Model 1 (1974) semi-automatic shotgun

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

1. ^ ^abFirst produced in 1904, this rifle was initially marketed simply as the 'Thumb Trigger' until February 1919, when it was assigned the number 99 for the year the design was patented. Winchester simultaneously dropped the initial 2 digits from all year-numbered models for advertising reasons, so the preceding '18' was omitted from the outset. Model 99s were never actually marked as such; the designation was used only in sales literature. Houze, p. 77 & p. 94.
2. ^ ^abThe model number 55 was used twice; the two rifles were entirely dissimilar and were not produced concurrently.
3. ^66 was not used, to avoid confusion with the Model 1866
4. ^ ^abWinchester added the suffix '7' to the Model 67 and 69 when equipped with telescopic sights and no provisions for iron sights. These rifles, although seemingly out of numeric sequence, can be accurately described as variants rather than separate models.
5. ^73 was not used, to avoid confusion with the Model 1873

Bibliography[edit]

• Houze, Herbert G. To the dreams of youth: Winchester .22 Caliber Single Shot Rifle. Iola, WI, USA: Krause Publications, Inc. 1993. ISBN0-87341-237-0

External links[edit]

Winchester Ranger Model 120 Serial Numbers