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March 22, 2014 - 8:20 pm
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Just picked up an early 52. Serial number 8953. She’s in great shape and I was disassembling her this evening. Under the buttplate there is a 37 written in a yellowish marker and its also stamped on the plate itself. There are also a bunch of numbers written in pencil. It looks like 5929/577. Its actually written just like that, a fraction. Gun is still in 90% ORIGINAL condition and I actually was going to remove the front barrel band to pull the stock but it acts like its never been removed. Anyone know what these numbers are for?

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I doubt that it is a Sporter with that serial number and a barrel band. If you have the time and can do it, pictures always help. There will be more knowledgeable fellows coming along soon to answer your question better than I. RRM

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These markings were commonplace on the early guns, both on wood under buttplate as well as the stamping on the buttplate. For example, I have s/n 5829, stamped "69", 6145-"81", 8041-"59", 9846-"8", etc. My thought on this has always been that the rifles were made in a certain size batch. Since each buttplate was fitted to each stock, when it came time for the stock to be sent for finishing, and the buttplate to be blued, each rifle from that batch had its own sequential number added, so the respective parts could be matched back up. I have seen numerous colors on the stock, including red, yellow, green and blue. The markings look to be chalk. The buttplates were stamped with steel stamps prior to blue, so will always have blue down in the impressions. Since it didn’t matter which rifle the stock/buttplate assembly went onto, there was no need to use the rifle s/n.
As far as your other numbers, I really have no clue.
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Sporter with a barrel band……Was this ever done?

Here’s my sporter that I bought a few years ago. 99% condition.

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More pictures here:
http://public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/things-that-go-bang/winchester-model-52/

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There was never a factory 52 sporter with barrel band offered to the public. I hesitate to say never, but in this case, unless some type of Engineering prototype, I feel safe in saying never.
Many times early standard target rifles are by mistake referred to as sporters because of the smaller profile stock and lighter barrel. Also, many 52 targets with barrel bands have been customized into sporters.
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Yup…That’s what I thought. But figured I’d ask. Thanks

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I’m sorry for any confusion folks. The 52 is a early target but for some reason I’ve always referred to anything without a bull barrel and target stock as a sporter. Now I feel more educated. Thanks. 😀

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