OK, I’m getting concerned now. The small Post Office where I get most of my mail has apparently suffered a loss in key personnel or some other misfortune and some important mail was misplaced for a few weeks (during the time when this issue should have arrived). I recently received some of that mail, but NOT the Summer 2018 issue of my favorite magazine. It seems catalogs and other bulk mail fills my box and higher priority mail is set aside and is apparently hard to find when I call for it.

If you have an extra copy of the Summer 2018 magazine please set it aside for me, I may need it.

Mike

Mine may turn up. Then again, I’m sometimes a bit too optimistic. I know they have extra copies but this other mail just turned up with no (credible) explanation so will wait another day or two.

I’ve had mostly good experiences with this post office, that’s why I get most of my mail delivered there. I’m part of the problem when I don’t pick up my mail often enough because that’s when some odd regulations kick in and things get misplaced. My other mail box is part of a rural cluster and I get mis-boxed mail on a regular basis so I know some of the mail sent to that box goes missing. 

Mike

USPS is the worst. My last Winchester purchase was shipped with Signature Required and was left in plain sight on my front porch while I was at work. Tracking said “left with individual.”  I was at work and no one was home. 

Last week the mail carrier dumped all his mail in my neighbor’s mail slot. My neighbor was home and saw it and ran outside to catch him. He was rude and unapologetic and she said she was going to report him. “Go ahead, they won’t do anything,” was his reply. 

We all have video doorbells and the like and have reported and documented this sort of think over and over. 

USPS is worse than useless, they’re corrupt. 

Steve

I will, thanks. Been looking forward to the 1886 article since Roger’s post. 

Funniest thing, in my home mailbox I got two pieces of mis-boxed mail and a request from USPS to complete a survey. The survey is online, probably don’t want it to get lost.

Mike

I’d like to thank Mr. Mark Yecha and Mr. Jake Grizelj for contributing the wonderful hunting articles for the Summer 2018 issue! Thank you to Brad, Rob and the magazine staff for including these articles in this issue. I don’t think many collectors share my love for hunting with these old Winchesters but these two articles hit the nail on the head as well as these beautiful old Winchesters put meat in the freezer.

Nicely done! Thanks.

Mike

Many thanks to Rob, Brad, and anyone else associated with the production of the magazine.  It has undergone a major transformation from years past.  Also, special thanks to the authors for their contributing articles and the time and effort put into them.  

In the latest copy of the magazine, the article by Dan Shuey, there is mention of the O.F. (Outside Fitted) marking on the underside of the barrel.  Ive never seen one on the hoof and was wondering if anyone might have a photo of an example. 

Thanks

Thank you Bert. 

Ive never run across one but have always been curious.   In reading through Dan Shuey’s article (great article by the way) I was curious as to when the “O.F.” stamp was used.  In the article it mentions its use as of 1902 (Page 22) followed by the “P in a circle in May 31, 1913.  Am assuming that the “O.F” was first used starting in 1902 but was supplanted by the “Circle-P” in 1913 and was no longer used?  Would also assume based on numerous “Circle-P” marked barrels Ive seen the “O.F” was not used in conjunction with the “Circle-P”,  due to its absence of “O.F.” marked on the underside of “Circle-P” marked barrels. From what you have seen, does this pattern of markings follow that stated above or do you know of examples where barrels are marked with the “Circle-P” and the “O.F.” markings?