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If you can legally own this gun I would suggest you arrange to go see it first. White painted letters are not uncommon but not a factory item. My first thought is that it looks refinished, but I may be wrong. If you aren’t knowledgeable about these arms you shouldn’t be buying one.
I was on this site a few days ago inquiring about a Winchester BAR and also inquiring (now deleted) about a certain dealer called WinchesterWay. At the time, I noticed there were a lot of negative things said about Winchester Way and their representative(s) on this forum. Those negative postings almost made me walk away from purchasing anything, which would have been a huge mistake if had I done so.
I take issue with those individuals that were posting unfavorable and inappropriate comments about WinchesterWay. I don’t know every persons’ motivations, and I suspect there were some bad actors trying to interfere with WinchesterWay’s business (as can be the case for many online retailers), but I found that every one of the unfavorable postings did not apply to my experience with WinchesterWay.
I was dealing with an individual at WinchesterWay over the last month or so as part of buying a Winchester M1918 BAR. As a beginner in firearms collecting, I found them extremely helpful, considerate and a fantastic people to work with. They were patient enough to allow me to temporarily hold my purchase so that I could do more research on the history of the firearm(s) I was interested in buying. At one point, again as being new to the whole process, I was being ‘impatient’ and wavering on the purchases, and he took a significant chunk of his time explaining the firearms in detail and their background, so that I was very comfortable buying those firearms, and even more so, buying them from WinchesterWay.
The individuals at WinchesterWay, including the owner, deserves 5 Stars out of 5, for their service. I have every confidence in them and will always keep them as my first ‘go to’ for purchasing collectible Winchester firearms.
I will also be posting this comment at the top of this forum, and others if needed, as I feel there seems to be unfair and inappropriate remarks made about WinchesterWay, or any, retailer.
Thank You
If you buy the 1918 keep us informed. I am not up to date on buying or owning this class of firearm. I have no idea who Winchester Way is??
The BAR’s are fantastic weapons. In Marine infantry back in my day 1961-63, we had three of them to each squad, and the BAR men were often on the small side as stature goes. Regrettably I do not recall much about the markings at all. All of our BAR’s had the parkerized finish, hard synthetic butt stock, carrying handle,and bi-pods. We switched from our M1 Garands and BAR’s to the M14’s in August of 1962. The automatic rifleman’s M14 had the select fire switch turned on.
jwm94 said
The BAR’s are fantastic weapons. In Marine infantry back in my day 1961-63, we had three of them to each squad, and the BAR men were often on the small side as stature goes. Regrettably I do not recall much about the markings at all. All of our BAR’s had the parkerized finish, hard synthetic butt stock, carrying handle,and bi-pods. We switched from our M1 Garands and BAR’s to the M14’s in August of 1962. The automatic rifleman’s M14 had the select fire switch turned on.
I was in about 10 years after you. By then we had M60’s and M16’s. I have never even shot a M14.
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