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tsillik

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March 6, 2020 - 6:10 pm

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

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March 6, 2020 - 9:53 pm

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 ….

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March 6, 2020 - 11:15 pm

So would a deluxe have checkering? terry

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March 7, 2020 - 7:10 pm

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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March 7, 2020 - 7:57 pm

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