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October 29, 2011
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This arrived Thursday my 1st Deluxe…40-82 shipped 4/8/1890. The letter is from 1970. Bill
December 9, 2002
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Congratulations!
That’s a very nice Deluxe Rifle! When you find them like that, I don’t really care what caliber they are in, even though some of us may have a first wanted caliber on the list. A Deluxe Rifle, to me is still A Deluxe Rifle, even if it is only a Collectors terminology and not a Winchester term.
How much do you know about it? The yr. mfg?
Is it one you have been eying, or just stumbled upon?
Lettered ?
I can’t help but ask, all the questions as another collector would do. 
Thanks for sharing.
Anthony
September 22, 2011
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That’s a nice one! Can you post a factory letter?
January 20, 2023
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Fantastic condition, beautiful crotch Walnut, and case colors still visible. That’s a deluxe for the books.whether it’s your first or your last!
Am I mistaken or was the 40/82 case the basis for the later 401?
Congratulations.
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
June 1, 2023
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That is a real beauty! How did you end up with it? (We here at WACA all live vicariously through the successes of others!)
BRP
