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December 23, 2012
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There is a local auction here, has a M1886 in 38-56 cal. is this a very common cal. for this rifle? Also says a flip rear sight. terry
June 11, 2014
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The 38-56 chambering for the ’86 is fairly common. Not sure what they mean by a “flip up” sight, but they’re probably referring to the very common ladder sight. More importantly, what is NOT common are fairly high condition 1886’s. So if there was a local auction that advertised an 1886, I’d be checking it out for condition. Sometimes, people get lucky and it is either a high condition one, or a deluxe one, in original condition. If that is the case, I’d be bidding on it, but that is just me ….
December 23, 2012
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So would a deluxe have checkering? terry
December 21, 2006
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Probably, but make sure it is factory checkering. If it falls in the1-156500 ser# range You can probably get the factory information on it
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December 23, 2012
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It wasn’t a deluxe, the ad said it had a rear flip sight, but it was some kind of double leaf sight that you flipped, wasn’t in all that bad of condition, brought 2700 dollars, which was more than I thought it would, it was a proxibid auction too. terry
