
November 1, 2013

[email protected] said
Is it Legitimately a Winchester Term?
An alternative is “shad belly,” & both are very old. I can’t even think of any Winchester models displaying this feature, except the SS Schuetzen, & even there it isn’t pronounced. I’ve noticed it on early Savage 99s & some Marlins. Most extreme examples are found on other makes of Schuetzen rifles, so the style may derive from Germanic traditions.

November 19, 2006

I don’t recall ever hearing the, “perch belly” term associated with a Winchester buttstock. I associate this term with many older Savages M1899’s I have owned and seen. The, “legitimate” aspect of the term is interesting. I wonder where it has been legitimately used? I can’t recall that it was a term used in the Savage catalogs. It may have been and I’m just not remembering. My sense is the term is a lot like a Winchester, “trapper” carbine – a collector term vs. a term the company used. Does anyone know of an example where a company used the term?

November 19, 2006

TR said
In the book “The Henry Rifle” by Les Quick on page 91 he used the term”perch belly” to describe the lower profile of the butt stock on Henry serial number 14. Later it was phased out, after s/n 3200. T/R
It’s a good enough descriptive term. But any evidence any of the factories used it?

May 2, 2009

According to my research of the 73’s the term was never used in the Cody records.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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May 23, 2009

[email protected] said
where Did the term, “Perch Belly Stock’, Come From?Tony
I take you’ve not caught many Perch?
Sincerely,
Maverick
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May 2, 2009

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May 23, 2009

Bob,
I bet it was full of eggs!
I had me some pan fryers myself last night.
Sincerely,
Maverick
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March 31, 2009

Les and Jan had an address in Oregon at one time. The last years before Less passed away they lived in their motor home and traveled the country between gun shows. Jan now lives in Grand Junction. I usually see her at the Colorado show so maybe she might show up at Colorado Springs?
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