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April 15, 2005
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Mike,
No factory warehouse ledgers, so the only option is to have it examined by several knowledgeable Winchester collectors. Please post the pictures when you can.
Bert
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May 2, 2009
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Mike,
Old nickel will have a satin finish unless someone buffed it recently and will show its age with cracks and flaking. The nickel should be over the bare metal.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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April 15, 2005
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Mike,
Please upload the pictures directly to your post. Photobucket.com is loaded with malware.
Bert
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August 6, 2008
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Pictures added to original post. It is a gallery tube with triangular loading port.
May 2, 2009
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Mike,
Most of it looks good except for the top of the receiver. I don’t know if its the lighting or what but it does not look like the rest of the gun. Higher resolution photos would help too.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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August 6, 2008
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Bob,
What exactly are you talking about? maybe I can tell you if not get a pic. Thanks.
May 2, 2009
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Mike
The top of the receiver just looks more shinny that the reset.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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August 6, 2008
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Eating supper but I’ll look when I get back. May be camera angle because all the finish seems to be be 100% matching. You can even tell HOW it was carried which is pretty cool.
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August 6, 2008
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Few pics added.
March 20, 2010
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Mike,
I agree with 1873man that it is a little bright on the top of the receiver but overall it looks to me to be right. All the nickel is in the right spots. I have included pics of one that we owned years ago that is in the same configuration (nickel) that came from an old timer who advertised it for sale in a local newspaper before he went into the rest home. Yours is in better condition but it will give you something to compare to. The SN on this 1890 is 833600.
1892takedown @sbcglobal.net ......NRA Endowment Life Member.....WACA Member
"God is great.....beer is good.....and people are crazy"... Billy Currington
May 2, 2009
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What I worry about with a nickel finish that looks highly buffed is that there is no nickel at all. I have seen this before but its usually the whole receiver. They try to make bare metal look like nickel.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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August 6, 2008
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This one definitely isn’t buffed it’s nickel all the way through and has enough wear and corrosion to know it hasn’t been buffed.
March 20, 2010
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I see what your getting at Bob, hadnt thought of that. But I dont think this is the case in looking at the nickel on the rest of the receiver, the patina and the wear.
1892takedown @sbcglobal.net ......NRA Endowment Life Member.....WACA Member
"God is great.....beer is good.....and people are crazy"... Billy Currington
May 2, 2009
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Judging nickel finish is one of the hardest from pictures since nickel and metal are hard to tell apart.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
Email: [email protected]
