need help dating "winchester repeater" headstamp

[mike slaw4all]

i found info. that says the "repeater" series was produced from 1896-1938.
the ones produced from 1901-1920 had "1901" in place of the word winchester so those years are excluded.
that leaves 1896- 1900 or 1921-1938 as the possible production years according to "cartridge corner.com"
if anyone could narrow it down to which one of those two possible time frames that would be great.

(the edges of the case were so uneven i had to prop it up with a pocket knife to get it level for the camera lens focus)

thanks,

mike.

 

[Old Longhair]

Take a look at Doug's (Turtlefoot's) site.
http://www.headstamps.x10.mx/database.html

 

[mike slaw4all]

Take a look at Doug's (Turtlefoot's) site.
http://www.headstamps.x10.mx/database.html

wow,

once again thanks O.L.

the site you mentioned has MUCH more detailed info. on the winchester headstamps.
the deciding factors seemed to be 3 lines around primer, non magnetic and no "made in USA" at the bottom, below the word repeater.
that puts it between 1904 and 1927 so apparently the site i used has very incomplete info. , imagine that.......
it was a weak but consistent 34 like it might be a deep wheat penny or at least solid copper. 10+ inches down in really saturated dark soil running between 55 and 75 on auto ground balance with power lines 60-80feet away. 10.5 MF DD. this is in the middle of a housing addition from the 60-70s' . luckily because of where i was in that yard the "after" appearance of the hole didn't matter because it got sticky sloppy ugly immediately on everything.



thanks,

mike.

 

[Old Longhair]

Glad to help. Doug has done a great job on that site!

 

[pasttom]

Oddly (to me anyway) I find shotgun shell bases at the beach fairly regularly. Many are turn of the century (1900s) dating on turtlefoots's site. His site is the gold standard for headstamp IDing. It is the best I've seen by far.