First - go (click) here - Find manufacturing dates by serial number, to find what year your Parker was manufactured. Second, remove the barrels from the frame. Next - go (click) here - Technical Information to identify the markings on both the barrel flats and the water table.
PLEASE NOTE: Griffin and Howe long time Archivist and Historian has retired. At this point in time we are not able to produce research or archive letters. When a replacement has been found, we will attempt to get back in touch with all inquiries for letters. We appreciate your understanding during this transition.
Griffin & Howe is pleased to make available the sales records of Von Lengerke & Detmold and Abercrombie & Fitch, two legendary purveyors of sporting arms in the 20th century. The records exist in over sixty very large ledger books recording sales and inventory between 1900 and 1977. The sales between 1900 and 1929 represent the sales of Von Lengerke & Detmold which was purchased by Abercrombie & Fitch in 1929. The Abercrombie & Fitch sales and inventory records begin in 1929 and continue through the closing of Abercrombie & Fitch in 1977. Most of the entries are for ‘new’ sales, although several thousand used and consigned sporting firearms passed through their inventory as well. Most of the ‘new’ sales are grouped by Make and Model and an inventory of sporting firearms began on February 1st of each year. Griffin & Howe is involved in an ongoing project to digitally record each page in the record books and index the Makes, Models and Serial Numbers.
To discover if your sporting firearm is listed in the records, click on the Make of the sporting firearm in the list below. Then enter your serial number and model if needed or search the list of complete serial numbers for each Make. Additional Makes and serial numbers will be added as the project progresses. If you discover that your sporting firearm is in the records, Griffin & Howe will be happy to verify the model, if applicable, and the date when the sporting firearm was first entered into inventory. Please send an email request to research@griffinhowe.com or call Griffin & Howe at +1.908.766.2287.
Griffin & Howe will also provide a Certificate of Inventory and Disposition and a photograph of the original page(s) on which your sporting firearm appears. The information on the certificate will vary depending on the year in which the sporting firearm was in inventory. The cost of this service is $100 per sporting firearm but may be more or less depending upon the amount of information in the record. For a more detailed description of the records and to see sample pages please click here – Sample Pages.
Shotgun Serial Numbers By Manufacturer
MAKES
| A&F | ADAMY | ARRIETA |
| BAKER | BAYARD | BEESLEY |
| BERETTA | BERNARDELLI | BLAND |
| BOROVNIK | BOSS | BOSWELL |
| BRITTE | BROWNING | BSA |
| CASHMORE | CHURCHILL | COGSWELL & HARRISON |
| COSMI | CRESCENT | DAKIN |
| DALY | DARNE | DEFOURNEY |
| DUMOULIN | EVANS | FOLSOM |
| FOX | FRANCOTTE | FRED ADOLPH |
| GE LEWIS | GIBBS | GRANT |
| GREENER | GREIFELT | GRIFFIN & HOWE |
| HARPOON GUNS | HARRISON & HUSSEY | HENRY ATKIN |
| HEYM | HOFFMAN ARMS | HOLLAND & HOLLAND |
| HOLLENBECK | HOLLIS, BENTLEY & PLAYFAIR | HUSSEY |
| ITHACA | IVER JOHNSON | JAEGER |
| JEFFERY | KIMBALL | KRIEGHOFF |
| LANCASTER | LANG | LC SMITH |
| LEFEVER | LEONARD | LIEGE |
| LUCK | MAHILLON | MANNLICHER-SCHOENAUER |
| MARLIN | MARTINI | MAUSER |
| MEFFERT | MERKEL | NEWTON |
| NIMROD | OGDEN SMITH & HUSSEY | OWEN |
| PARKER | PERAZZI | POWELL |
| PURDEY | REMINGTON | REMO GEHR |
| RHEINMETALL | RIGBY | SAKO |
| SAUER | SAVAGE | SCHILLING |
| SCHMIDT & HABERMAN | SEDGLEY | SEYMOUR GRIFFIN |
| SIMSON | SODIA | SPRINGER |
| SPRINGFIELD | STOEGER | SYRACUSE |
| THIEME & SCHLEGELMILCH | THOMPSON | TOLLEY |
| UNION ARMERA | VENUS WAFFEN WERK | VL&D |
| W&C SCOTT | WALTHER | WATSON |
| WEATHERBY | WEBLEY & SCOTT | WESTLEY RICHARDS |
| WINCHESTER | WINKLER | WOODWARD |
| ZANOTTI |
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What year was my Winchester manufactured? (Serial Number Reference)
Winchester Firearms Manufacturing Dates by Serial Number and Year 1866 through the early 1990s
Below is the download link for a special resource for dating Winchester firearms. These 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 simply transcribed information typed into a word processing program. In general, this information is the same that you would get if you called our customer service department and asked them for the information. They use these documents as a reference and the documents should be limited to that use.
Click the image below to download the PDF document containing the serial number date-range information on many Winchester firearms. You will need the Adobe Reader program to open this file. Adobe Reader is available free from Adobe.
THE HISTORY OF WINCHESTER HISTORIC SERIAL NUMBER RECORDS.
There are many “legends” about why the historic serial number records for Winchester rifles and shotguns are not complete or why they are not always verifiable. A few reasons cited are:
- A fire at the factory
- Inadvertent destruction (during office cleaning)
- Records simply lost in filing
- Records misplaced between ownership transitions
- Documents borrowed but not returned
There is probably some kernel of truth to all of them. But the fact remains; there is no original, single, totally accurate database of serial numbers from 1866 forward that we are aware of. But perhaps these pages can help you somewhat in your research.
Please keep the following points in mind as you explore these pages:
- Many of the Winchester brand firearms produced over the years are included, but not all. If your firearm is not listed, we probably do not have any additional information.
- Before the 1990s the Winchester Repeating Arms firearms brand transferred ownership several times. Any information before the 1990s is always difficult to verify.
- In general, only serial number ranges with an approximate year are provided in this document. There is no other detail beyond this that we can provide.
- Since this information was provided through old documents (both official and otherwise), no representation is made that all serial number and year combinations are totally accurate.
- In some exceptional cases, a more detailed, accurate determination can be made by calling the Winchester Repeating Arms Historian at the Morgan, Utah office. 800-333-3288. Ask for the Winchester Repeating Arms Historian.
- For any other questions: 800.333.3288 or 801.876.2711. For Parts and Service call: 800.322.4626
- For questions related to Ammunition don’t call us. Contact Winchester Ammunition directly.
- No attempt has been made to determine the value of any guns listed.
- The Cody Firearms Museum has more information on Winchesters produced before 1900.
- This late historian George Madis compiled extensive histories on Winchester firearms. www.georgemadis.com
There are other outside resources – including the Cody Firearm Museum -- which can be excellent for determining date of manufacture and value: Click here to go to our gun values resource links.
Click below to download a PDF overview of Cody Museum serial number resources.
(Please remember that this information is a compilation over time -- collected from secondhand information. No confidentail records were used. We reserve the right to make changes at any time and make no claims as to accuracy. No attempt has been made to determine the value of any Winchester products.)
© Winchester Repeating Arms, 2012, 2015, R. Stitt