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# 16827 - Japanese Bayonet
4/1/2025
Eric

I have a Japanese bayonet with the names,rank,serial number and dates starting 2/23/43 and stopping around 1944 on the bato or sheathe. Has anyone ever seen or heard of something like this. I get what it is and im speechless,so many names. Thank you for your time Eric

Answer:
Eric- I have never seen a bayonet like that. But, that sounds very similar to a common practice of a ``short snort note`` where service members would add their name and date to a piece of currency as a souvenir.

That`s my guess, which may or may not be the right answer. John Spangler

# 16828 - Winchester Manufacture Dates
4/1/2025
Tanner Menifee California USA

Winchester - 94AE - 30-30 - 20 - Long Gun - Stainless Steel - 6340973 -

Just wondering when my lever action winchester 94ae was made. I know its not anything super old but just want to know the manufacture date. Thank You

Answer:
Tanner - the best place to find Winchester manufacture dates is at the Winchester Collectors Association, you can find them at the following link:

https://winchestercollector.org/dates/

Hope that this helps, Marc

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