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I’m sure the letter from the customer is long gone. Interesting gun, I too would have like to see the letter from the customer.
I would say the spirit level is not factory.
Is it correct to have the matting over the barrel address? The DOK is certainly not factory. I wonder about the hammer being the only part that is engraved. Wood does not fit the receiver well.
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Chuck,
I have seen a fair number of Model 1885 matte barrels over the top of the address marking. While I agree that it is tacky looking, Winchester actually did do it. Personally, I would have moved the address marking to the left flat of left side of the matting.
Bert
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Bert H. said
Chuck,
I have seen a fair number of Model 1885 matte barrels over the top of the address marking. While I agree that it is tacky looking, Winchester actually did do it. Personally, I would have moved the address marking to the left flat of left side of the matting.
Bert
The few matted barrels that I have seen had the address moved out of the way.
Of all the 73’s I’ve seen they matted over the barrel address.
Bob
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cwachter said
The few matted barrels that I have seen had the address moved out of the way.
1873man said
Of all the 73’s I’ve seen they matted over the barrel address.Bob
I believe it may depend on what year they did the matting, as I’m pretty certain I’ve seen it done both ways on the same model rifle.
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cwachter said
Is it correct to have the matting over the barrel address? The DOK is certainly not factory. I wonder about the hammer being the only part that is engraved. Wood does not fit the receiver well.
I have seen two other 76 Deluxe 50’s with only the hammer, lever, and forearm cap engraved. They all lettered engraved, strange but real. One had Briitish proofs. T/R
If you enlarge the photos, you’ll see that the hammer, lever and forend cap are engraved. Nothing unusuall about that. There isn’t a close-up photo of the rear barrel sight, but it is not an original Winchester configuration, either. Very similar to a Sharps rifle barrel sight with short leaf. Without a better close-up, who knows. The spirit level is obviously not original as shipped from the factory. That dovetail was cut through the barrel marking.
Rick, you are right. I didn’t see the cap and lever when I first looked.
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