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Australian 1873 winchester carbine
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September 16, 2019 - 11:37 am
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This one maybe for Bert and Bob.

iv owned this carbine for a few years, and is one of only a handfull of Abraham’s and Co Melbourne, that have been found with his mark.

check the stamp on the roll part of the top of frame, not the stamp under the dust cover.to me it looks like a roll stamp, ” Factory” you guys or what do you think.it looks like they had two go’s at it.73.2.jpgImage Enlarger73.1.jpgImage Enlarger73.3.jpgImage EnlargerIMG_20190916_0001.jpgImage Enlarger

Abraham’s were in Elizabeth st Melbourne, same street as James Rosier, which his guns were marked also.

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tony

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Hi Tony. 

I have also seen the Abrahams & co address on the left side of the barrel on a 1873 SRC under the sight. It listed the shop and address, Elizabeth St Melbourne.

It was not a stamp like yours, it appeared to be an engraving. 

Cool bit of local history from my home town!

Chris

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Tony,

Winchester did stamp some of Abraham’s guns but it was a a earlier group. It was 18 carbines in the 272,300 to 276500 range and 4 rifles 294600 range. This mark in question looks to be a hand stamp that was not held square when first stamped and they restuck it but were not lined up. The only time I have seen misaligned roll die stamps was on 2 line barrel addresses were the 2 lines were two separate dies indexed together and they slipped when rolled and misaligned the entire line.

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