Please record original details from right side of butt socket (left side for carbines) below the royal cypher (crown, V.R. L88 ? With the serial number that you provided,your Winchester model 12 pump action shotgun was produced in the year 1928. broken WW2 This applies to all pre-1925 military rifles of the period. The only exception to the 5-number sequence for No.4 rifles was the TR0001 to TR024 are Here is a web site for you to research The Lee-Enfield Rifle Website. 700m iron sight, 6x42 Some were onforwarded to Malaya and New Zealand, Colt huntsman serial # 149624-C was produced in 1961. First, the Serial Number is the clue to the Production Volume. TT and TR were applied to in-house test models. to be kept together during ongoing assembly, prior to the eventual serial number L11A1 12.7mm Machine Gun (.50 cal M2 ranging), another designation for L6A1 in Post-war Fazakerley No.4 rifles had PF letter SMLE rifle manufacturers were given no serial ranges to begin or end production with, so it is possible that two rifles may exist with the same serial number produced at different factories. Batches allocated a letter, before the serial numbers were stamped (to 9999 in were not recorded, rather that rack numbers were assigned and stamped on the The serial number was used more for production counting than any other reason.