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how can I tell if my one of one thousand is not a fake? 38-40
April 15, 2005
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Moose,
The first thing you should do is contact the Cody Firearms Museum and get a factory letter for it. That stated, if your Model 1873 is not a 44 WCF, the odds are extremely high that it is not a 1 of 1000.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
May 2, 2009
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Moose,
Everyone I have recorded is a 44 caliber. What is the serial number? You can send me some pictures and I can probably tell you what you have.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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March 31, 2009
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Give us the complete serial number and I can look it up in the 1 of 1000 book by Ed Lewis. I believe that Ed states only 1 38 WCF 1 of 1000 was made. It was made for the Browning Bros. in Ogden, Ut. in 1892. It has a half round barrel and a swiss buttplate with cheek piece. Ser. #435498.
May 2, 2009
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I did have that one but must of missed it when I did the search.
I talked to Moose and he sent me some pictures. He will be selling it as a fantasy gun. It does have a serial number on it that is a 1 of 1000 but its the wrong style numbers.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
Email: [email protected]
May 2, 2009
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Here are the particulars on the gun. Its gun has serial 60758 on it which letters to a 1 of 1000, 26″ octagon barrel, 44 cal, set trigger, case hardened, pistol grip and checkered wood. The gun is a third model 38 with straight grip, no set trigger, octagon barrel and I think he said it was 30″ long. The serial number is the wrong style for the a second model of that era and has a new barrel with gold band instead of platinum. Bore is like new. Here are the pictures.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
Email: [email protected]
April 15, 2005
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So, somebody intentionally made a fake 1 of 1000 using a “correct” serial number, but with nothing else correct ? One has to wonder why someone would go to the effort of choosing a true 1 of 1000 serial number, but then not match anything else ??
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
May 2, 2009
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I can’t figure that one out either. The only thing I can think of is he would of had to start with a pistol grip second model and that was out of his budget since theirs not that many of them. 84 pistol grips out of 2117 second models in my survey
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
Email: [email protected]
