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February 13, 2012
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Guy here is trying to ID a Winchester I have never seen before.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_47/469859_Need-help-with-odd-WInchester–22——-Henry-style-.html
April 15, 2005
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1badf350 said
Guy here is trying to ID a Winchester I have never seen before.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_47/469859_Need-help-with-odd-WInchester–22——-Henry-style-.html
Chris,
That guy is sure persistent. He has been told several times (on different forums) that it is not a Henry rifle, or even factory original. He wants to believe that it is a special factory prototype, but he has been told that it is a “gunsmith” special, built using a highly modified Model 1890 receiver.
Bert
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February 13, 2012
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Bert,
Thanks for the quick reply!
May 2, 2009
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I’m seeing a Henry look alike with a model 90 bolt.
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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1873man said
I’m seeing a Henry look alike with a model 90 bolt.Bob
Bob,
That rifle is a .22 rim fire.
Here is a link to a discussion about this rifle from 2-months ago… note the upper tang marking.
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=778913&highlight=
Bert
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May 2, 2009
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Bert,
I saw the upper tang marks and was trying to figure out what receiver was used
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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November 1, 2013
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Leaving the tang markings intact, when they could so easily have been ground off, gives me the impression that whoever put so much effort into building this wasn’t seriously trying to fool anyone; how could he, when the receiver is so obviously a Model 90? Maybe the project of a talented amateur machinist, wanting to show what he could do. However, the present owner would have to be a Grade A idiot even to suspect that there was anything “original” about it.
April 15, 2005
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1873man said
Bert,I saw the upper tang marks and was trying to figure out what receiver was used
Bob
Bob,
The upper tang is an integral piece of the receiver frame. It is an altered Model 1890 receiver frame.
Bert
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April 15, 2005
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clarence said
Leaving the tang markings intact, when they could so easily have been ground off, gives me the impression that whoever put so much effort into building this wasn’t seriously trying to fool anyone; how could he, when the receiver is so obviously a Model 90? Maybe the project of a talented amateur machinist, wanting to show what he could do. However, the present owner would have to be a Grade A idiot even to suspect that there was anything “original” about it.
I agree wholeheartedly… especially about the present owner. I suspect that he paid big money for it, and is desperately trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. More than likely the machinist/gunsmith that built it was just trying to improve his skills, and with no intention to deceive. However, at least one of owners after the fact were apparently not so honest.
Bert
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June 5, 2015
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A nice bit of creativity and machining , I like it. Wonder how long the barrel is? If not an originally a 1890 barrel, then what? Anyway I would love to shoot it and see if the machinist was also a good gunsmith.
Vince
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Looks like a talented machinist with remarkable fabrication skills had a little too much time on his hands.
