I have a similar process.  I use the Allen silicone treated gunsocks and attach a laminated tag to the cinch string.  They seem to work well and are reasonably priced since I have the same problem with supply and demand as you.

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J.R. Auwen said
Thanks for the info it is original box and pamphlet if you can email me at [email protected] I can send pictures not sure how to post them here

It has a rifled round barrel perfect condition never fired 22 short, long ,lr

 

Thanks J.R   

Here are J.R.’s photos of his boxed Model 61 (G6101R);

It looks all correct to me.  I would guess at least $1400-$1500+ on Gunbroker (minus the auction fees.).  I can’t tell if it is a grooved receiver from the way it is sitting in the box but it possibly is which would increase the value slightly.  The earlier rifles with the colored picture boxes bring even more.

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J.R. Auwen said
The guy I got it from told me he hunted a lot as a kid then went to fight in the Korean war and he mail ordered it from there but after returning home he wasn’t interested in hunting anymore so it Sat in the box in his closet all those years.   

Interesting story, the Korean conflict was June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953.  His rifle was made in 1956.

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XLIV said

Did m77 have different roll marks for 77c and 77t ? 

 

This is a great check-off list for us addicts. Thanks for posting

( was the thumbtrigger ever stamped m99?)

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No, the barrels are marked with the same roll-mark (Model 77) regardless of the feed mechanism.

No, the thumbtrigger was never marked “Model 99”, it was only referred to that way in some Winchester literature.

If I really wanted to scare you addicts I would post the complete list of all the Winchester .22 catalogued rifles.  I purposely kept the list brief so as not to scare off any potential collectors.

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