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i have a buddy got himself a mod. 85 hi wall ser#104716 that’s been re-barreled. I called Cody for a phone check on the ser# and it says 25-20 cal. #3 round bbl.etc. My question is; would that be a 25-20 or the 25-20 s.s. or how would one find out
W.A.C.A. life member, Marlin Collectors Assn. charter and life member, C,S.S.A. member and general gun nut.
My guess would be the SS, if WCF was not part of the designation–though I wonder why the record isn’t more specific. Don’t think the repeater cartridge was called anything but .25 WCF by Winchester at that time. But if it’s been re-barreled, is that for the original brl or the new one? Anyway, why isn’t marked on the brl itself?
Has the owner tried to chamber a .25 WCF? Won’t go in, if it’s chambered for the SS cart.
Henry,
If the ledger entry is “25/20” it was a 25-20 S.S. Winchester listed the 25-20 WCF in the Model 1885 ledger records as “25/20 R”, or “25/20 W”, or “25/20 WCF” The 25-20 S.S. was by a very large margin, the more common/popular cartridge in the Model 1885.
Bert
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