Just in case this rifle shows up again, Buyer Beware!  It is a FAKE!

https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/859073165

Bert

Big Mac said
Bert,

Model 71 special serial # 12388 up for auction this weekend.  Appears to have bolt peep sight, can’t tell the barrel length from photo.  Do you have it in survey already?  If no, I’ll provide additional info after I see it.

Mac  

No, I do not have it listed yet. Which auction is it in?

Mac,

Thanks for the update… it is now in the survey.  2,369 (5.013%) and counting…

Bert

Charles Hotze said
We have in our care, a Long Tang Delux 71 serial number #16161 which I date either as1937 or Jan. 1940,  from the tales of its two Pennsylvania brothers who owned it – until the elder passed away just before Covid descended.

24″ Barrel ~ Lyman peep sight. Caliber .348 Win. of course.

The 71 is accompanied by an equally clean & barely fired Winchester model 54 Bolt Action in 30 Gov’t. 06 with nickel steel barrel.

~ Lyman peep & folding leaf rear sights and gild bead front. Sling swivels ~ steel butt plate.

Serial # 18099 with production ending in 1936, so we thought this may be from same approximate time period, though the 54 series started in 1925. Just over 50,145 built is the word on the street.

 

P.S.

If you can help pinpoint any further Winchester information for us ~ it would help as we try to round out the few new arrivals like our 1943 Winchester Garand with Serial # 1273008 that accompanied pretty minty Model 63 serial # 981671 (98167A) in front of trigger guard that might be of 1951 production? Has Super-speed & Super X barrel markings….. thanks for any insight and teaching you can give my little family collection hobby. Email me at [email protected] please or Text NineOhThreeeighttwoonenineteensixtysix  

Hello Charles,

Model 71 S/N 16161 was actually manufactured in May of 1938.  You mention that it has a Lyman peep sight… is it a No. 56W ?

Model 54 S/N 18099 was manufactured late in the year 1928 (S/N 19590 was the last one made in late December 1928).

Model 63 S/N 981671 was most likely manufactured in the year 1951.

Bert

Kent Johnson said
Hi Bert, I have a standard Model 71 ser#37308 w/ Lyman 66ma sight.

 

Thanks Kent  

Thank you for the information.

Bert

[email protected] said
Bert,

Just picked up a new to me Model 71 standard rifle # 3538. Long tang, uncrowned white faced 24″ barrel. It does have the Type One barrel address as you showed in your Summer of 2021 magazine article on the 71’s.The rear sight notch is filled with a blank and it has the correct 98A bolt mounted peep. I hope this adds to the survey. 

I just want to add how much I appreciate the time and effort you put into these surveys and the articles you write. The information that you share is invaluable to those of us with the passion for these old guns. Thank you.

Glenn  

Hello Glenn,

Model 71 S.N 3538 was listed & sold on the Auction Arms website by Mainguns.  I found it listed in June of 2020.  AT that time, the No. 98A Bolt-peep sight was missing.

Bert

gpd328 said
Bert,  I have model 71 Special Rifle, SN# 1855, bolt peep and no rear sight dovetail.

Nick  

Nick,

I saw this rifle listed on Gunbroker in late May of this year.  It has a dovetail slot for a 22-K rear sight, but has a filler piece installed.  It also a Pachmayr recoild pad on it.

Thanks,

Bert

gpd328 said
Bert,

 I provided the information on the rifle as it was manufactured because I believed that was what you wanted in your survey.  It does have an aftermarket recoil pad.  But there is no rear seat I assure you.  As I listed above that was how it left the factory and the stock was cut and the pad added later. This is the photo of the barrel.

Stay Well,

Nick  

Hmmm… very interesting to say the least.  Of the several thousand Model 71 rifle barrels I have looked at, this is first one that does not have a milled dovetail slot for a 22-K rear sight.

In regards to the information for the survey, I am capturing as much information as possible for each Model 71 I encounter. No detail is too small or insignificant.

Bert