The staff is unable to respond to gunsmithing, highly technological, or hand-loading inquiries. Contact Curatorial Assistant Daniel Brumley at 307.578.4117 or Response times to such inquiries vary with the workload of the curatorial staff.
PLEASE NOTE: The Cody Firearms Museum staff is able to respond to general questions regarding firearms and firearm-related issues beyond the scope of the Records Office on a limited and complimentary basis. They also offer some specific serial number information derived directly from original records. The Cody Museumhas resources for doing original research and even provides certification letters on Winchester firearms (for a fee). īuffalo Bill Historic Center / Cody Museum - This is probably the only place in the world that contains significant original information on historic Winchester rifles and shotguns. Winchester." Books and other information are available on his site: You can contact them by email at: and His family continues the great legacy he began. Although many in the current generation have not been exposed to his research, for the rest of us he will always be "Mr.
Madis was a true friend of Winchester through many years and was considered one of the World's most knowledgeable resources on Winchester firearms. WACA members who are also CFM Members will receive 15 additional record searches on top of the regular quantity of searches included in the standard CFM membership package, regardless of membership level.George Madis - For dates of manufacture and some of the most detailed information on Winchester, be sure to include the George Madis Website in your research. If you would like to obtain factory research on your Winchester, we urge you to join WACA and the Cody Firearms Museum. Those dates coincide with the Madis dates and can be viewed on Winchester’s site at: For purposes of determining if your gun is legally considered an “antique” (pre-1899 DOM), the BATF has told us they use the DOM dates published by the manufacture (Winchester).
This information is no substitute for obtaining a Winchester Factory Letter from the Cody Firearms Museum (available for certain models and serial ranges) which in addition to the Serial Number Application Date, normally provide the original Received In Warehouse Date and Date Shipped from Winchester factory. George Madis, Ned Schwing, etc.), in which case the data was extrapolated to the best of our ability. To the maximum extent possible, the dates of manufacture shown were obtained from the original Winchester Factory Polishing Room serialization records otherwise estimates were made using multiple sources of information (e.g.
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