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looking at a Winchester model 56 sporting rifle with stainless steel barrel with checkered stock and rubber butt. it doesn’t have a with a magazine with it. what should be on the bottom of the magazine the 1919 patent or the Winchester trade mark one?
The magazine you need for your Model 56 will have the 1919 patent date on the magazine base plate, and the follower will be marked as to caliber: either .22 SHORT or .22 LONG R.
BRP
What is the serial number on the subject rifle?
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
I haven’t made the deal yet but I did get the serial number to look up the date SN:15315
Doc Lane said
I haven’t made the deal yet but I did get the serial number to look up the date SN:15315
Thanks… 22 Short or 22 Long Rifle? Do you have pictures of the rifle?
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
No pics yet it is in 22lr Bert thy reopen on Tuesday going down to make a deal.
Doc Lane said
No pics yet it is in 22lr Bert thy reopen on Tuesday going down to make a deal.
Sometime these scarce rifles can bring big bucks. The last stainless M56 I saw was $2,500 and that was 35 years ago. As for the magazine, the original mag will be hard to find and very expensive.Took me years to find the correct magazine for my M56 Short. Hope you can make a deal on this rare gun at a fair price. Originality is the key here. Let the forum folks guide you. Big Larry
Here are Doc’s pictures of the Stainless Steel Model 56.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
Steven Gabrielli said
Looks like someone put a coat of black paint on that rifle.
Yes… Winchester did it, as that was the standard finish on the factory Stainless Steel barrels.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
Paint will come up with your finger nail if thy applied primer you would see it. Winchester Jap black is more durable you cant blue stainless in this period but still will scratch. seller had a 10 round and a 5 round with the correct engraved magazines i think for 56s only.
Interesting. I think the Model 57s used the same marked carrier mags. Both my 56 and 57 have a marked follower.
Steven I was surprised when the seller said that he had two magazines that went with it then in the back of my head I remember you saying good luck trying to find one.
I have a Model 52 ser. #24344 that came with a 5 round magazine with that .22 Long Rifle marking. Is that incorrect for a Model 52 of that vintage? RDB
I never heard of a 52 with a marked mag, but JWA will know for sure. Feel free to sell it to me, as I have a spare 57 that needs it LOL.
The Winchester 52 magazines had a marked follower, like the one above, until about 1930.
BRP
I have a marked follower in my 1927 M52, my 1926 M56 22 short, my 1926-1931 M56 22 LR, and my 1931 M57 22 LR. All correct. Big Larry
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