Winchester 1897

BabyAngel250pau · 04-29-2008, 01:35 AM

I was wondering if there is anyway to find out who bought a Winchester model 1897, with the serial 5032XX. I know that it was manufactured in 1912 but my problem is this:

My husband got this gun from his Dad when he died, who got it from his dad as well, from what we understand he also got it from his father. I was trying to find who actually bought it so we would know just how far back in the generations it really goes. Any help would be great.

GlockMeister · 04-29-2008, 02:15 AM

Welcome to the site. I'm sure someone might have some help to offer? Just give it sometime.

pball942 · 04-29-2008, 02:40 AM

According to this sorce Model 1897 Serial Numbers and Date produced the date of manufacture is 1911.

GlockMeister · 04-29-2008, 02:53 AM

I looked it up and it said 1912 also though? See this link>
Winchester Manufacture Dates

The year of manufacture for serial number 5032XX is 1912. < copy and pasted from the search from that site.

lefty o · 04-29-2008, 08:18 PM

unless it was a special order gun, there is know way you'll ever be able to track it to the original buyer.

mitch_mckee · 04-29-2008, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyAngel250pau

I was wondering if there is anyway to find out who bought a Winchester model 1897, with the serial 5032XX. I know that it was manufactured in 1912 but my problem is this:

My husband got this gun from his Dad when he died, who got it from his dad as well, from what we understand he also got it from his father. I was trying to find who actually bought it so we would know just how far back in the generations it really goes. Any help would be great.

Wouldn't the great grandpa be about the right age in 1912?

BabyAngel250pau · 04-30-2008, 04:02 AM

his great grandfather would have only been 12 or 13 depending when it was made and bought. thank you to all who have replied.

Jersey Jailer · 05-28-2008, 09:29 AM

Tou can try the Cody Museum, they can (for a fee) tell you when it was made , where and when it was shipped, if the records weren't destroyed in the fire. I have a couple of old Winchesters an 1894 takedown, pre '64 pre war m-70 and an 1897 made in '38 and shipped to a prison, which traded it in to a local police supply house in 1985 for Rem 870. I have all the docs for it and trippled its worth on the open market, I shoot it at matches 2-3 times a year. It has alot of history to it and being ex-corrections has even more intrinsical worth to me.

04-29-2008, 01:35 AM	#1
BabyAngel250pau Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2	Winchester 1897 I was wondering if there is anyway to find out who bought a Winchester model 1897, with the serial 5032XX. I know that it was manufactured in 1912 but my problem is this: My husband got this gun from his Dad when he died, who got it from his dad as well, from what we understand he also got it from his father. I was trying to find who actually bought it so we would know just how far back in the generations it really goes. Any help would be great. Last edited by BabyAngel250pau; 04-29-2008 at 06:50 AM.

04-29-2008, 02:15 AM	#2
GlockMeister Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 5,411	Welcome to the site. I'm sure someone might have some help to offer? Just give it sometime. __________________ I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6!

04-29-2008, 02:40 AM	#3
pball942 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 256	According to this sorce Model 1897 Serial Numbers and Date produced the date of manufacture is 1911. __________________ Running is not a plan. Running is what you do when your plan fails.

04-29-2008, 02:53 AM	#4
GlockMeister Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 5,411	I looked it up and it said 1912 also though? See this link> Winchester Manufacture Dates The year of manufacture for serial number 5032XX is 1912. < copy and pasted from the search from that site. __________________ I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6!

05-28-2008, 09:29 AM	#8
Jersey Jailer Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: SOUTH Jersey Posts: 499	Tou can try the Cody Museum, they can (for a fee) tell you when it was made , where and when it was shipped, if the records weren't destroyed in the fire. I have a couple of old Winchesters an 1894 takedown, pre '64 pre war m-70 and an 1897 made in '38 and shipped to a prison, which traded it in to a local police supply house in 1985 for Rem 870. I have all the docs for it and trippled its worth on the open market, I shoot it at matches 2-3 times a year. It has alot of history to it and being ex-corrections has even more intrinsical worth to me. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Austrailian Shepherds are like potato chips... You can't have just one

04-29-2008, 08:18 PM	#5
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,786	unless it was a special order gun, there is know way you'll ever be able to track it to the original buyer.

04-30-2008, 04:02 AM	#7
BabyAngel250pau Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2	his great grandfather would have only been 12 or 13 depending when it was made and bought. thank you to all who have replied.