I got some "Vapors" for him. 😈 ❗

I should think it unlikely that anything produced in volume would have a wooden case that looked like barnboards. Why would it? Wood would likely have been freshly milled and utilised to produce a woden case. I would think that barnboard would only have been used if something produced in very small volumes were cased using boards just laying around. This would not apply to Winchesters at all which were produced in fairly large quantities. Decades later, the wood would appear darkened due to oxidisation of the surface of the wood (a deeper brown but not grey), but not weathered. If the owner of the case left it outside to weather, like the grey of a barn, it would have been exposed to the elements and, likewise, would the gun within have been exposed. You would find a rusted rifle within, not a pristine example of a Winchester.

Why Bob they used "Winchester Brand Sealer" of course! The company made gun oil, rust remover, crystal cleaner, and machine oil. They also had to of produced "Winchester Sealer". In fact I think I have a tube still left laying some where in the back of the storage shed. The stuff works great. In fact I zoomed in on the photos of that crate on Gunbroker and I believe where some was applied to them. That’s why those crates are in such pristine condition. They were sealed with "Winchester Brand Sealer". And that’s also why there wood is aged and weathered exactly the same on the inside and outside of the crate. Hmm.

Give me a minute and with and old tube of toothpaste and a Inkjet printer I’ll even send you your tube of "Winchester Brand Sealer" for your collection, Today!

And only for the grand price of $$$$Nine Hundred dollars and Ninety-Eight cents.

Oh and don’t forget the $89 for shipping & handling & processing & vapor sealing of the package.

Maverick

wolfbait said
Are Winchester letters next?

Next, is an understatement! They have been faked for years. Also reason for why Cody Musuem letters now have added security features. Like special paper and having notary type stamping placed on them, etc. And also imagine an increase in cost to the consumer as well.

Case in point, Faking in the firearms collecting world is most certainly no new thing. I was thumbing through one of my old copies of "The Gun Report" the other day. I think a 1958 issue. There was an article in the cartridge collector column about a fake 3-ball cartridge that the author had come across. That was over 55 years ago. So imagine the numerous amounts of fakes that have been produced since then.

Sincerely,
Maverick