Duplicate serial #

[The Garand Guy]

I have SA 2473196A, which means that it is a duplicate serial # with a Winchester. If anyone has the matching WRA ser # , I would be glad to sell it to him.

[KnickKnack]

Wow. Mine is Serial #247xx96 and is within 1200 numbers of that. Close, but no cigar!

[Skeet6]

I have a 1.61 SA with an "A" as well. Maybe someday I will find it's WRA brother.
Mike B

[Orlando]

Wouldnt happen to have SA 1382174 would you Tony? I have the 1382174A Winchester

[The Garand Guy]

Sorry, no. Maybe someone on our forum has it. Good luck!

[Dave]

The quest for duplicate serial numbers has cost me many many hours of lost sleep and other productive uses of my time. :)
I've always hoped to find one, someday, but in the last ten years I have yet to find a match to anything I have. I used to keep checking all the various serial number threads, all the gunbroker and AA listings, look at every garand at gunshops and gun shows etc, but I have since given up on that quest. I have found some real close, but never consecutive. I still have my "master list" tucked in my wallet, and I do update it whenever I get something new, but for the most part I don't search them out anymore. Someday, maybe, one will show up unexpectingly, but with my luck it will be way overpriced. This seems to be how it works for me. When I least expect it and when I'm not even looking, something I've always wanted will present itself. My recent 6mil HRA purchase is a prime example.