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                    <title>Randycrockett on TGCA Show in Denton, Texas Oct. 16-18</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>Tender in Aubrey?</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>jwgoodson@yahoo.com on Arthur Lyndsey Nelson 1892-1959</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>Are any members aware of an MIT electrical engineer named Arthur Lyndsey Nelson (1892-1959), originally from Boston, ever having collaborated with Winchester?  It would likely have been in the 1930s or 1940s, and may have been associated with the design of Winchester trigger mechanisms. </p>
<p>Thanks, </p>
<p>Jeff Goodson</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>TXGunNut on Always Wanted A Winchester Signal Cannon</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>I'm still kicking myself for not buying the first one I saw over 40 years ago at a Market Hall gun show in Dallas. This was before beef jerky and blow guns took over...but the blow guns were fun. I didn't realize I was a Winchester collector back then and hadn't learned to avail myself to treasures such as this. </p>
<p>Have fun, Ben! Hope the neighbors don't mind. Much. <img class="spSmiley" style="margin:0" title="Wink" alt="Wink" src="https://winchestercollector.org/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-smileys/sf-wink.gif" /></p>
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<p>Mike</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>TXGunNut on TGCA Show in Denton, Texas Oct. 16-18</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the kind words, Ben. I'm proud to work with this bunch, Have been helping put on this show for several years, even before they railroaded me into a board position.</p>
<p>I'm gonna go old school on area BBQ, hard to beat Smokehouse in Lindsay but some say Dieter Brothers (a few hundred yards east) is better. Dieter Brothers has a great club sandwich and they are both famous for chicken fried steaks. </p>
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<p>Mike</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>DEEREHART on Always Wanted A Winchester Signal Cannon</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>Ben</p>
<p> I dont know if you remember it or even saw it but i picked one up at Cody a couple years ago that was about 80%.</p>
<p> Defiantly had been used. It now hangs out in my garage and comes out to play regularly.</p>
<p> I do it just enough to keep the neighbors on edge but not predictably <img class="spSmiley" style="margin:0" title="Laugh" alt="Laugh" src="https://winchestercollector.org/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-smileys/sf-laugh.gif" /></p>
<p> Super fun to shoot, long string allows the grandson to play also.</p>
<p> Doug</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>Chuck on TGCA Show in Denton, Texas Oct. 16-18</title>
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<p>Ben said<br />
It’s a very well run show by a dedicated group of people &#038; Mike! 😂.  No, Mike really works hard for the club and is a great ambassador for them.  The Southwest Airlines “pricing stars” aligned again last week and I get to go play again.  Still need to find a good bbq place there though.  <br />
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<p>We got your BBQ place ready to go....look up 407 BBQ in Argyle.<br />
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<p>Never been there.  Here is one I have been to.</p>
<p><a href="https://rudysbbq.com/location/detail/denton-tx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://rudysbbq.com/location/detail/denton-tx</a></p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>Anthony on Winchester M-1866 with unusual rear sight attachtment </title>
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TR said<br />
   That style of sight was called a musket rear sight, that does not mean it only went on muskets. It was found on rifles and carbines. What is disturbing to me is the cut in the receiver for the spring, would that not weaken the area that the barrel is threaded in. I have never seen that before and would doubt that's factory work. T/R<br />
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<p>I have not seen that style of sight or the receiver being cut in such a manner either. I have seen more than one rear sight that was dovetailed on the actual receiver of early Henry, above the side plates. I'm doubtful its factory work as well.<br />
Maverick<br />
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<p>TR is right on.  This sight is for an early 1876/78 Musket and was modified to fit the 1866.  You can see it in Stroebel's Old Gunsights &#038; Rifle Scopes book on page 285 and in his Old Gunsights book on page 285 or in Winchester's 1878 Catalog.  <br />
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<p><img data-upload="1" data-width="240" data-height="180" title="IMG_5118.jpeg" alt="IMG_5118.jpeg" src="https://winchestercollector.org/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-image-uploads/limestone304aol-com/2026/08/IMG_5118.jpeg" />Chuck, page 285 in Stroebels 'Old Gunsight ', book.</p>
<p>Tony</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>Jeremy P on TGCA Show in Denton, Texas Oct. 16-18</title>
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<p><strong>Ben said </strong><br />
It’s a very well run show by a dedicated group of people &#038; Mike! 😂.  No, Mike really works hard for the club and is a great ambassador for them.  The Southwest Airlines “pricing stars” aligned again last week and I get to go play again.  Still need to find a good bbq place there though.  <br />
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<p>We got your BBQ place ready to go....look up 407 BBQ in Argyle.</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>Ben on TGCA Show in Denton, Texas Oct. 16-18</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>It’s a very well run show by a dedicated group of people &#038; Mike! 😂.  No, Mike really works hard for the club and is a great ambassador for them.  The Southwest Airlines “pricing stars” aligned again last week and I get to go play again.  Still need to find a good bbq place there though.  </p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>Chuck on Winchester M-1866 with unusual rear sight attachtment </title>
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<strong>Maverick said </strong></p>
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TR said<br />
   That style of sight was called a musket rear sight, that does not mean it only went on muskets. It was found on rifles and carbines. What is disturbing to me is the cut in the receiver for the spring, would that not weaken the area that the barrel is threaded in. I have never seen that before and would doubt that's factory work. T/R<br />
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<p>I have not seen that style of sight or the receiver being cut in such a manner either. I have seen more than one rear sight that was dovetailed on the actual receiver of early Henry, above the side plates. I'm doubtful its factory work as well.<br />
Maverick<br />
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<p>TR is right on.  This sight is for an early 1876/78 Musket and was modified to fit the 1866.  You can see it in Stroebel's Old Gunsights &#038; Rifle Scopes book on page 285 and in his Old Gunsights book on page 285 or in Winchester's 1878 Catalog.  </p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>Zebulon on GUNBROKER</title>
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<p><strong>Jeremy P said </strong><br />
eBay has recently hiked their fee structure up a lot though too, sellers have to list high because eBay is taking a pretty large chunk of the money....I've only sold one thing recently and they got 20-25% of it!<br />
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<p>I didn't know that. That's a lot stiffer than the 6% Gunbroker charges the seller on sales of $400 or less, plus 1% to the buyer. Over $400, the fee drops to 4% to the seller. Twenty percent when there's NHI is daylight robbery. </p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>Jeremy P on GUNBROKER</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>eBay has recently hiked their fee structure up a lot though too, sellers have to list high because eBay is taking a pretty large chunk of the money....I've only sold one thing recently and they got 20-25% of it!</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>JWA on Always Wanted A Winchester Signal Cannon</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>Nice!</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>Zebulon on An orientation we can all agree upon.</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>If you are attracted to both men and women but neither are attracted to you, </p>
<p>That makes you BI-YOURSELF.</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>Zebulon on GUNBROKER</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>I've had better luck making offers on Gunbroker than eBay. We just have to be grateful the free market allows sellers who overprice their merchandise to drown in their own inventory. </p>
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					                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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