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May 24, 2020 - 7:26 pm
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Good afternoon. I am in need of a forend/forearm for an 1886 Winchester. Heavy barrel with half octagon, half round. I have forends/forearms for regular octagon rifles but they appear to be too narrow to fit the heavy barrel. Question: were the regular barrel forends/forearms trimmed more on the inside to accommodate the heavy octagon or was there a larger forend/forearm manufactured? 

Mark Weston

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Trimmed inside.  Outside dimensions were the same for all 1886 rifle forarms.  Depending on how heavy the barrel is, the wood can get pretty  thin.

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good morning. thank you much. this was my suspicion. reading the winchester books that i have, all indicate the same thing. it never hurts to ask.

Mark Weston 

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