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December 9, 2002
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Thanks for the added clarification Steve. The pictures always help to illustrate the referencing of the problem, and it this case it does so tremendously.
Tony
September 16, 2025
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Attempting to load pics but not sure how well that going currently. Standby
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Not the best pics but will have to do for now. I was surprised to find the sight inserts in the trap on the buttstock, however they seem to be stuck currently.
March 12, 2008
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That’s a very nice rifle with a host of custom touches. I like it.
Steve
June 1, 2023
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That’s a neat old 52. The “Patent Applied For” marking is one you seldom see. I also tip my hat to the craftsman who altered the (later era) Winchester butt plate by creating a trap door. The A-5 scope looks to be in excellent shape. Nice find!
BRP
April 30, 2023
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I quite like that rifle, lucky “13” alone would have sold me on it!
I would try a glue stick tip, melt it and stick it to the lyman tube and see if you can pull it out.
November 7, 2015
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Sight insert tin appears to be hung up on the butt plate; have you tried loosening or removing the butt plate?
Mike
July 3, 2020
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Wonderful! Oh, I can’t wait for the rest of the story to be discovered. That trapdoor buttplate is classy… if you do take it off to inspect, please take pics of the mechanism… what auction was it on?
December 9, 2002
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I’m in agreement with the others, as that sure is a nice specimen. Different in a lot of very interesting ways. Originally when this was posted, and before the OP was able to post pictures of it. I thought it might be a good candidate to remove the custom stock and find a donor rifle, and replace/install an early finger grooved stock on it, like the other early examples. Now that I can see better pics than we’re first listed in the Auction, I also like it, and would leave it alone. Maybe time will provide some more details on who did the custom work on this early number #13 model 52.
Thanks for sharing!
Tony
November 7, 2015
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A picture may be worth a thousand words but I can only come up with a few: “Nice, leave it alone!”
Mike
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