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Thoughts on this model 55 with a threaded barrel?
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Looks like others I have seen with the knurled cap.

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I have seen this rifle before, and it was not factory threaded for a silencer.

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That Winchester Model 55 has been listed for years on Gun Broker. I have no idea what he wants for it, but I have seen the bidding go as high as $2500.00 and didn’t meet his reserve. It might have gone higher at some point in time but I got tired of watching it. Looks like it had a Lyman Receiver Sight on it at one time, the screws are there to mount it.

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Bert H. said
I have seen this rifle before, and it was not factory threaded for a silencer.

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With no Winchester Factory Records available for the time frame this Winchester was made, how did you determine that this Model 55 Winchester did not come from the Factory with the threaded barrel? Is it because the front sight is cut back for the threads?

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December 22, 2013 - 8:24 am
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I believe the factory installed suppressors were offset to go below the site picture of the rifle. With The after market suppressors such as Maxim, they were threaded in the center and the suppressor would obscure the sights not allowing you to use the factory sights.

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Bert ?
With no Winchester Factory Records available for the time frame this Winchester was made, how did you determine that this Model 55 Winchester did not come from the Factory with the threaded barrel? Is it because the front sight is cut back for the threads?

That is one of the clues. Another is the length of the threaded part of the barrel, and the way the threads were cut. On the verified factory special order rifles I have seen and handled, the threads are milled interupted just like a take down barrel. The Maximum silencers were made to install with a 1/4 turn versus spinning them all the way on.

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hokie said
That Winchester Model 55 has been listed for years on Gun Broker. I have no idea what he wants for it, but I have seen the bidding go as high as $2500.00 and didn’t meet his reserve. It might have gone higher at some point in time but I got tired of watching it. Looks like it had a Lyman Receiver Sight on it at one time, the screws are there to mount it.

It has two widely spaced non-factory holes that were most likely for a side mount scope. More than likely because the silencer made the front sight useless.

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Thanks for the information Bert.
So Winchester would only use Maximum Silencers?

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hokie said
Thanks for the information Bert.
So Winchester would only use Maximum Silencers?

I have not seen anything else listed in their catalogs.

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this is my first post on this site but have followed along for a couple of
years decided to register a short while ago and decided to add to the
post. on marlin rifles the maxim silencer will be found installed 3 different
ways one way included a coupler . the end of the barrel was threaded
then the coupler was threaded with the interrupted threads. was this
commonly found on Winchesters?

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This is why I love this place every time I open a thread or ask a question I learn all kinds of neat stuff.

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December 22, 2013 - 5:42 pm
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after reading my last post I realized that I mistakenly stated that the
coupler was screwed on the the end of the barrel when it was simply
sliped over the end of the barrel and held in place by a sort of set screw
of sort. in short I read this in an article some time ago and I will try
to find it again and post it.

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December 22, 2013 - 5:52 pm
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http://www.forgottenweapons.com/accessories/maxim-silencer/

there is some interesting reading on the maxim silencer sorry
for all the confusion when this is what I should have posted to start
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December 23, 2013 - 2:05 pm
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For info my model 55 has the threaded barrel with a circular sleeve with something of a cross hatch pattern surface. From my file pix, I dont believe the threading impinges on the integral sight base. Never had this collar off to view theads.
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