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Wondering if anyone can send or post a pic of a Winchester 1873 1st model dust cover ?.I have a first model rifle and am looking for a dust cover and think I’ve found one but not sure of thumb print as I’m told there are a couple dif styles.Any help would be great !.My rifle has serial # just below 20,000.
Thanks !
It should look like this. They changed the style of the oval though the production. The early guns had a more round thumbprint.
Bob
http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/1873man/media/PA250006_zps348effe6.jpg.html
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Thanks 73 !.By the look of it it’s the right one but wrong timeing as I’ve found a forend and putplate and need that more than the dust cover right now !.
Thanks again, Ed
A good original dust cover is harder to find than a buttplate or wood so I wouldn’t pass up a dust cover
Bob
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Forearm wood is easy to find for a first model because you can use wood from any era. You just need to match up to the barrel size.
Bob
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88 Man, if you know where there is an original dust cover for a First Model, you are a lucky man. As 1873man suggests, I’d grab that real fast, as it might be another few years before you come across another one.
Truns out it was a 2nd model dust cover.I still not having any luck find the butplate and forend. I really want to use the old girl on my deer hunt this fall but unless I find these 2 items it wont happen !
If your gun is below 20,000 it should need a 1st model dust cover.
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88 man said
Truns out it was a 2nd model dust cover.I still not having any luck find the butplate and forend. I really want to use the old girl on my deer hunt this fall but unless I find these 2 items it wont happen !
I would let that hold you up from hunting with it. You can shot it without a dust cover, it was a common practice to remove the covers because it caused jams or get a repo and you can always resell it when you find the the real one. Then get a long tang buttplate and put it on. You can always find the correct first model butt plate later. You don’t need forearm wood either. It will look just like a gun used in old cowboy movies when they wanted to look like a Henry.
bob
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If I can find an aftermarket plate I’ll use it the way it is without the forend.All the plates I’m finding have the short top tang and I need the long tang.I’ve spent hrs and hrs on the net and nothing that I can see. I think later I’ll get a shotgun but for hunting and keep the original for show so I know nothing will happen to it !
There are 2 on Ebay right now.
Bob
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Well that’s a no go.The seller said no shipping to Canada and ebay will not let me contact seller do to him saying no shipping to Canada.Can’t even put a bid on it as per ebay rules.
SUCKS !
I know when I was selling a bunch of sights this spring, I first was only selling to USA only and had a guy contact me through Ebay from Canada asking to bid. My problem was I couldn’t change the listing once it was listed, even had Ebay support phone and they still couldn’t get a Canadian bid to bid. New listings worked.
Bob
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This is my rifle. It is too early for your gun, but this is what first models looked like up to about 2600. A few scattered have been found up to 2700. I own probably the last raised cover at serial #2703 on my carbine. Thought it would be fun to show.
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