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1873 stock/buttplate options
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Phil
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August 13, 2017 - 10:10 pm
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I have a Winchester 1873/3rd variation 32-20/manufacture 1903. I notice that when I removed the buttplate from the stock there is a hole drilled through. My question is did all Winchester stocks have this hole for the optional buttplate trap door with cleaning rods? 

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All Model 1873 rifle buttstocks were drilled for the cleaning rods but only the 44-40 and 38-40 came with the trap door buttplate and cleaning rods.  The rods were too large in diameter to fit the 32-20.  I’m guessing that they were all drilled because at the time of shaping the stock no one knew what caliber rifle that particular stock was going to end up on.

Also, I wasn’t aware that it was an optional trap door.  I thought it was standard with large calibers and not available with small calibers.

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It was standard to have the cleaning rods and trap door on the larger calibers but it was a option to not have it. There are a couple 44’s that letter with no rods and have a solid buttplate. If you paid for it, Winchester would make it.

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Bob – how difficult is it to come by an original cleaning rod and what would one expect to pay for it? Is there a difference between the cleaning rod provided for a 1866 and those for an 1873. Thanks, Burt1873winchester.jpg

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Burt,

This was just talked about lately, here is the link.  1873-cleaning-rods

Original rods could go for $200 to $250 if you can tell them from repo’s.

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Thanks guys for the clarification.

Makes sense as the gun stock could be fitted either way at the end for low or high caliber orders.

Phil

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