THIS IS A USED RIFLE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. AS THIS IS SERIAL NUMBER 19106, IT IS A FIRST YEAR PRODUCTION. THE INITIAL MODEL 74S RELEASED IN 1939 WERE CHAMBERED EXCLUSIVELY FOR .22 SHORT. THE .22 LONG RIFLE VERSION WAS NOT INTRODUCED UNTIL 1940, MAKING THIS RIFLE PART OF A UNIQUE FIRST-BATCH, ONE-YEAR-ONLY RUN. UNLIKE MOST RIMFIRE SEMI-AUTOS OF ITS ERA, THE MODEL 74 LOADS VIA A TUBULAR MAGAZINE IN THE BUTTSTOCK. THE INNER TUBE IS SPRING-LOADED AND REMOVABLE, WITH ROUNDS FED THROUGH A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE STOCK—DISTINCT COMPARED TO UNDER-BARREL TUBE-FED DESIGNS. THIS RIFLE HAS A BRIGHT BORE AND VISIBLE RIFLING WHILE RETAINING THE CORRECT IRON SIGHTS. THERE ARE THE USUAL HANDLING MARKS AND WEAR FOR A RIFLE OF THIS AGE WITH SOME SLIGHT PATINA STARTING. THE STOCK HAS A SEMI-GLOSS LOOK TO IT AND MAY HAVE HAD SOME FINISH APPLIED AT SOME POINT. VERY NICE RIFLE OVERALL
| MANUFACTURER | WINCHESTER |
| MODEL | 74 |
| CALIBER | 22 SHORT |
| TYPE | RIFLE |