![]() ![]() I have personally verified (seen) instances in the Warehouse ledger records, where consecutive serial numbers were received in the warehouse as much as 19-years apart from one another. ![]() Routinely, an older receiver could sit in the bottom of a bin for months or even years before being used to assemble a complete firearm. Now with that stated, what I believe you need to consider is this… Winchester never assembled any of their many & various models in serial number order. By December 5th, 1945, serial numbers had reached 49097. Winchester resumed receiver production & serialization in October of 1945, and on October 29th, 1945, the last serial number applied was 48970. Based on the PR records, the Model 75 serial number application ended on October 12th, 1942 at serial number 45325. Is it possible that Model 75 receiver production didn’t resume until 1948? ![]()
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