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December 21, 2006
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I just bought a Deluxe 1894 at Lock Stock & Barrel auctions, lot 139. It has My initials ,(H.A.M.), in small font just behind the ser#. I think it was the best buy of the sale , for 1894’s any ways, and was just meant to be, I mean after all, with My initials and all, oh ya and My favorite ’94 caliber, 25-35, now how could I pass that up.
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November 19, 2006
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Seems to me we have discussed who H.A.M. is (other than you, Henry). I vaguely recall he was a very established collector who marked all of his rifle that way. Harold someone? Maybe Harold McCallum?
Aside: a true fact in life – memory does not get better with age
April 15, 2005
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steve004 said
Seems to me we have discussed who H.A.M. is (other than you, Henry). I vaguely recall he was a very established collector who marked all of his rifle that way. Harold someone? Maybe Harold McCallum?Aside: a true fact in life – memory does not get better with age
Your memory worked well enough in this case… the “H.A.M.” marked Winchesters were once in Harold McCallum’s collection.
Bert
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June 26, 2013
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Congrats Henry, it’s amazing how far guns can travel after being broken up from a collection. A couple years ago, I purchased a 15-inch 1894 “trapper” carbine with the “H.A.M.” initials stamped on the underside of the receiver from a dealer in Texas. In my case, it was a surprise once I had it in my hands, since the initials were never mentioned in the listing. There is an article in the Winter 1992 Winchester Collector magazine on pages 11 and 12 that explains the reasons behind these initialed guns. Cool that you share the same initials as Harold!
Don
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December 21, 2006
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Don ; Good lookin’ trapper, they are My favorite Winchesters. There was a Harold McCallum living here a number of years back, I sold Him quite a few rare Marlins over the years, and His son Paul is still in the collector field, mostly Marlin and Ruger. He has one of the nicest gun rooms I’ve ever been in. Bert would like Him , He’s a Dodge collector also.
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