I picked up a Model 1886 pistol grip in 33WCF with about 100 rds of factory ammo  last year for a very low price for an 86. Sounds too good right.  The problem is that sometime in the past 100 years someone ground down the upper and lower tangs  fit a new stock possibly from a 64 or 65 type rifle. It was a neat enough job and the rifle shoots well but the serial number is short two numbers 1357??  somewhere between 135700 and 135799. 

Using the WACA site I found that all 1886 serial numbers in this range are 1905 guns.  I contacted Cody and Jesi was able to do a quick check on all 1886 rifles in 33WCF with a pistol grip non deluxe stock and came up with three possibilities but she needed more information before a definite match was decided. To make matters worse that same person who tried to make a 86 into a 71 may have shortened the Magazine tube also which further complicates things.  There appears to be a blank placed in the dovetail where the front Mag tube hanger would be. The blank was done by a someone who seems to know what they were doing for it is easy to miss. (Could this be Factory). The front fore stock looks original and not deluxe.

I guess the question is I need to narrow it down the one rifle in that range so I can see what it left the factory as. ( I’m trying to send some photos hope they are not too big my first try but they sow detail)