Dating rifles

Yes, of course take it out for the day, and lift its skirts, because this means it not being 'stood up' Many, but not all, of our pages carry date information on the various rifles illustrated or discussed, where it has been possible to be sure of data. There are a number of methods by which a rifle can be dated, or at least bracketed between certain years of manufacture. For the latter, dates of introduction of military arms can be located within the Government "List of Changes" LoCs as can dates of obsolescence and of modification or upgrade to later marks. You may not necessarily find specific date information within the text of particular pages, but often the images of advertisements or catalogue entries contain some dating 'give-away', such as the year in which a particular rifle achieved a notable competition score by someone, but which data is in graphic format and therefore not "searchable" by a text search engine. Do not briefly glance over a page and assume that the information you require is not there.

Same as model gauge with Synthetic pistol grip. Pigeon grade gun with stock with etching of wood ducks. Brownie only pistol manufactured by Mossberg. Single Shot Rifle Falling Block. Single Shot bolt Action.

The Hunt repeater, generally regarded as the forerunner of the Winchester, was made only as a patent model in Guy Hubbard, a historian of Windsor, Vermont where Robbins and Lawrence made the Jennings repeater, stated in that he had been informed by principals of the company that only 1, Jennings and Smith Jennings rifles were made between and and of this number many were converted to single shots and many more were scrapped for parts. Total production of about 1, guns, were transferred to the Volcanic Company for assembly, according to remaining Winchester records. Smith and Wesson lever action arms were made from to

Can anyone out there advise as to how one can date the actual year of manufacture of Savage. Thanks in advance! There are some records available for the earlier. John T.