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I don’t know if this thread is still active but maybe this information will be useful.
My Winchester 53 has a serial # of 966618, solid frame, 32 WCF, Barrel date stamped 26 with a VP proof and a MNS.
Ken
April 15, 2005
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Hello Ken,
Yes, it is still alive a doing well. Your Model 53 rifle is the 1,027th documented specimen in the research survey. Of possible interest to you, the receiver frame was manufactured in late April or early May of the year 1928. Can you send me a clear digital picture of the barrel date marking?
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Bert – [email protected]
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
March 20, 2009
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KennethC said
I don’t know if this thread is still active but maybe this information will be useful.My Winchester 53 has a serial # of 966618, solid frame, 32 WCF, Barrel date stamped 26 with a VP proof and a MNS.
Ken
Ken
Does the upper tang stamp match the enclosed image exactly?
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Michael
Model 1892 / Model 61 Collector, Research, Valuation
Michael,
Yes, the upper tang is marked exactly as the one you pictured, except for the lack of blueing on mine.
Ken
March 20, 2009
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KennethC said
Michael,
Yes, the upper tang is marked exactly as the one you pictured, except for the lack of blueing on mine.
Ken
Thanks!
Model 1892 / Model 61 Collector, Research, Valuation
May 26, 2017
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February 24, 2017
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Model 53 #3648, 25-20 WCF, takedown.
I appreciate the time you put into these surveys and I hope this is a new entry.
Thank you, Kevin
April 15, 2005
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Colsuper said
Model 53 #3648, 25-20 WCF, takedown.I appreciate the time you put into these surveys and I hope this is a new entry.
Thank you, Kevin
S/N 3648 was already in the survey, but with no barrel date.
Thanks!
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
November 19, 2006
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Stainless steel M53 .25-20 up in Canada at Switzer’s auction. Serial number 984844
https://bid.switzersauction.com/6-10-WINCHESTER-MODEL-53-STAINLESS-STEEL-CALIBER-25-20-WCF_i49822684
April 15, 2005
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steve004 said
Stainless steel M53 .25-20 up in Canada at Switzer’s auction. Serial number 984844https://bid.switzersauction.com/6-10-WINCHESTER-MODEL-53-STAINLESS-STEEL-CALIBER-25-20-WCF_i49822684
Thanks… that is now (1) of (22) documented Stainless steel barreled Model 53 rifles in the survey. In total, the survey now has 1,106 model 53 rifles documented.
Thanks,
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
