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1963 model Winchesters
Gene248
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I have read somewhere and was told at a gun show that some of the late 1963 built winchesters were not nearly as well built as the earlier ones because they were not matching up all the parts with as tight tolerances as the earlier models. Is there any truth to this? Does it lower the value if you own a gun manufactured in late 1963?
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Pre 64 is pre 64, I've not heard anything about late 63 being worth less. One of the most valuable and hard to find pre 64 Winchesters is a pre 64 model 70 300 Win Mag. There was only 4,916 of them built, and they where all built in 1963.
One doesn't want to beleave every thing you hear at a gun show, especialy about Winchesters.
Go to the auction side here on GB and buy your self a copy of The Red Book of Winchester Values, by Larry Shennum & Bert Hartman.
This is a very good book about Winchester values.
W.D.
For the Model 94s manufactured after WW II through early 1963, there is a noticeable decline in overall quality of the workmanship and final product. Production of the "pre-1964" Model 94 ended before mid-year 1963, as Winchester began the process of removing the older machinery and installing the new equipment that was to be used of the Post-1963 production guns. I very much suspect that in the last 6-months or so of the pre-64 production, that Winchester was trying to use up as much of the remaining parts on hand as possible, including some parts that may have been previously set aside as questionable for use. In my opinion (though it was not discussed in my book), the quality and value of the very late pre-64 Model 94s is generally speaking a bit less than those that were made in earlier years. As for myself, I do not collect the post WW II guns, and seek out those that are pre-war.
WACA Historian & Life Member
Your Model 94 is a 1962 vintage gun. Your Model 70 was manufactured in August of 1963.
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Gene
Again Thank you all for the great info,
Gene