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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
October 29, 2011
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Got it at the Denver gun show (Greeley CO). Had rust issues that were fixed…Bill
March 31, 2009
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Very nice. Why didn’t you show me this at the show?
November 9, 2008
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Congrats Bill! A nice looking 86 deluxe
March 14, 2022
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Beauty Bill. I’m jealous!!
Rick C
December 9, 2002
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426crown said
Got it at the Denver gun show (Greeley CO). Had rust issues that were fixed…Bill
What rust issues did it have?
Maybe we all can learn from what you experienced and what you did to remedy it.
Anthony
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