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December 21, 2006
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Bert, or anyone else, Do You have any idea how many 1885 Scheatzen rifles were manufactured “left handed”
I took the A5 scope off and replaced it with an original mid range, thanks Anthony. I already posted this in the “rifles” thread. so this was unintentional.
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May 23, 2009
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I’d venture a guess that it would only be about 10% or less of the total number of cheek piece butt stocked rifles made. That is solely based off the idea that only 10-12% of the population is left handed. So its likely probably way less than 10% of the remainder of produced stocks.
I do wonder if such a feature is even noted in the factory records correctly.
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April 15, 2005
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Maverick said
I do wonder if such a feature is even noted in the factory records correctly.
Yes, Winchester did specifically note it in the ledger records. I still need to know what the serial number is on the subject Schuetzen Rifle. I can see that it is a Second variation Schuetzen. It is possible that the A5 Telescope was factory installed… and needs to be put back on the rifle.
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December 9, 2002
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Bert,
Henry posted the letter in the rifles section, as I don’t know why there’s two posts on this subject!
https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/south-paw-1885/
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