Winchester Carbine Serial Number Mystery

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[INLAND44]

What's your point?

[wtmr]

maybe a reused serial if 1mill-were several of them

[deldriver]

Something in the neighborhood of a 5.6 to 6.4 million if the barrel band hasn't been cut. The above mentioned reused serial number is a possibility too. I went back and looked again to see the position of the intertwined P/W and it is where you'd expect to see it if there was no chance of it having a type 3 band. Again, what's the deal?

[CrossedCannons]

I don't understand the mystery either. Butt plate looks like it came from an NPM. And maybe it's just a combination of your pic, my screen, and my eyes but that "M1" looks suspicious. Are you wanting to know when the carbine was put together?

[Bubba-7]

Yea, looks like a 5.7 or 5.8. Are we to guess at the serial number? And why you think it is unusual?
NPM butt plate. I have seen two nice original looking Winchesters in the 6.4 range both with NPM butt plates, so I think it could be original.
So it could be a 6.4 or 6.5. The slide with a number would be latter than 5.8 and lead one to think it is a six million number.

[Bill Hollinger]

Front sight has been off at one time. Everything I'm seeing points to a 5.7+ mil Winchester.

[deldriver]

I believe it to also be a 5.7 or 5.8 based again on where the intertwined P/W are on the barrel. When the type 3 band was introduced, the W and P/W were moved more forward. That is if a late Winchester had both marks.

[imarangemaster]

So if it looks like a 5.7 or 5.8, where is the 1 million serial number come in? what is the serial number? I'm confused....