Bert

I have owned and seen many different Winchesters with so much difference in color of the wood - how come it ranges from almost black to the typical red tones? Was it custom order, was it due to the hard use, sweaty hands - or just different wood ? 

Love to hear what you guys think.... 

Serial #301433

The underside of the barrel has "44WCF  52" I presume the 52 is the barrel date?

Your opinions are welcome. 

Thanks

218Bee said
On the subject of fluted comb/ shotgun butts,  maybe to help with clarification, I have an original 1892 full length rifle with straight grip, 1/2 mag & checkered steel shotgun butt w/widows peak.   It is in the 734,xxx range and definitely does not have a fluted comb.
  

That makes it a November 1913 production gun.  While I cannot speak definitively concerning the Model 1892, the year 1913 was a transitional period for the model 1894 in regard to the use of the fluted comb butt stocks. By the year 1914, more than 90% of all Model 1894s that were special ordered with a Shotgun Butt had a fluted comb stock.

Bert

218Bee said
On the subject of fluted comb/ shotgun butts,  maybe to help with clarification, I have an original 1892 full length rifle with straight grip, 1/2 mag & checkered steel shotgun butt w/widows peak.   It is in the 734,xxx range and definitely does not have a fluted comb.
  

The fluted comb is definitely NOT the standard style of butt stock.  The non fluted is more common.  What is the full SN and caliber so that I can add your rifle into my research.  Every rifle is important in order to answer question with accuracy.

Michael

Bert H. said

mrcvs said
Bert can further elaborate, but I believe, IIRC, fluted combs date to about 1913 to 1915 and so the fluted comb buttstock on this carbine may have been affixed to this mid 1920s receiver at a later date.
  

Based on current survey results, the Fluted comb butt stocks first appeared in 1911 on the Model 1894, and they continued to be used through 1936.  In all cases, the fluted comb stock was fitted with a shotgun style butt plate.  The early production specimens are found with a smooth steel, checkered steel, or a hard rubber plate, all of which will have the widow's peak.  At some time in 1914, the widow's peak was eliminated from the hard rubber and smooth steel butt plates, but continued to be found on the checkered steel butt plates. 
It was in the post-WW I years that the serrated steel butt plate began appearing, and through the 1920s and up to the mid 1930s it was the most common shotgun stye butt plate found on the Model 94 (it became the standard butt plate on all Model 94 Carbines in mid-year 1937).
Bert
  

Thank you for this, I wasn’t sure if the latest findings.  I didn’t recall them being this late.  And, of course, this refers to the Model 1894, I didn’t know how similar this data was to Model 1892 production, or not.

mrcvs said
Bert can further elaborate, but I believe, IIRC, fluted combs date to about 1913 to 1915 and so the fluted comb buttstock on this carbine may have been affixed to this mid 1920s receiver at a later date.
  

Based on current survey results, the Fluted comb butt stocks first appeared in 1911 on the Model 1894, and they continued to be used through 1936.  In all cases, the fluted comb stock was fitted with a shotgun style butt plate.  The early production specimens are found with a smooth steel, checkered steel, or a hard rubber plate, all of which will have the widow's peak.  At some time in 1914, the widow's peak was eliminated from the hard rubber and smooth steel butt plates, but continued to be found on the checkered steel butt plates. 

It was in the post-WW I years that the serrated steel butt plate began appearing, and through the 1920s and up to the mid 1930s it was the most common shotgun stye butt plate found on the Model 94 (it became the standard butt plate on all Model 94 Carbines in mid-year 1937).

Bert

I finally found a model 70 winchester in .270 madze its the first one i'e in 1949 gunsinternational # 103651635 in my price range

however it looks as if it may have been compromised the stock grain looks different than what i'm used to among 

other things could i have some of my fellow members voice their opinion, i realize it's the first one i've found don't want

to get too ancy.

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Agent1911 said
Hello friends. Stumbled across something unusual recently and wanted some input and possibly a source for a replacement butt pad.
25-20wcf 
First one I ever seen in this configuration. Seems to be non-bubba. Any opinions?
Thanks!
  

What style of butt plate is currently on the rifle?  The fluted comb style of butt stock starts showing up on Model 1892 rifles with serialization dates starting in 1912.  To date, I have cataloged 96 individual Model 1892 rifles with this style of butt stock.  Of those 96 rifles 26 are sporting rifles, 43 are carbines with no sling ring, and 27 are SRC's.  The most unique feature among all samples is the style of magazines lengths.  For all configurations, full length magazines account for 24%, 21% are half mags, while the most common magazines length is 2/3 rds at 53%.  Only two carbine examples have a 3/4 magazine.  The caliber distribution for all examples is as follows: 24% in 25-20 WCF, 22% are 32 WCF,  42% are 38 WCF, and only 11% are 44 WCF caliber.

Bert H. said
Serial number?  Based on the configuration, I suspect that it is a 1913 (or later) production special order Carbine.  Does it have saddle ring?
Bert
  

931673

Yes it is a SRC.