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WINCHESTER 04A STAINLESS
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Doc Lane
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I have a Winchester 04a with a stainless barrel my question is was a crescent butt a special order. most have the rubber butt plate.

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The early 1904 rifles had the crescent butt plate. I don’t know when the change to the composition plate was made.

I should think a Stainless 04 would be quite a rarity.

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Doc Lane said
I have a Winchester 04a with a stainless barrel my question is was a crescent butt a special order. most have the rubber butt plate.
  

A Stainless Steel barreled Model 04A should have the hard rubber (composite) butt plate.

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