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November 2, 2021 - 2:09 am
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Marc R said

Bert, those are gorgeous! Was the front globe sight a special order item from winchester?  

The front sight is a gold-washed Beach Combination paired up with the Mid-Range Vernier tang sight  Neither of the sights letter to the rifle, but they are period correct and have been on the rifle for almost its entire lifetime.  It shoots quite well with them.

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clarence said

Bert H. said

This picture below is one of my low-wall rifles (S/N 14184) also a 22 Short with the non-contoured breech block.

 

Bert,  does it letter with the tang sight?  

No it does not.  Both the Beach Combination front and the Mid-Range Vernier tang were added very early in life of this rifle… somebody knew exactly what they wanted to make it a dandy Target Rifle Cool.

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Hmmmm…..project just got a little more interesting! Please keep us posted.

 

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Bert H. said

Marc R said
What I normally do with these is make them pretty and turn them in to good shooters. Some examples: https://photos.app.goo.gl/87wEq2BwhQWny7Hr7

Bert, 

Any chance you know if this left the factory as a 22 short?  

Yes it was… it was received in the warehouse in July of 1887 as a 22 Short with a 24-inch No. 1 round barrel.  The early caliber marking for the 22 Short was in Italic font (as shown in the first picture).  However, by the time S/N 13441 was manufactured, Winchester had changed the font to a block style (second picture)

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This picture below is on of my low-wall rifles (S/N 14184) also a 22 Short with the non-contoured breech block.

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Oh wow. So it sounds like it was re-barreled with an older barrel. I’m a little disappointed it didn’t come with the italic font, but that’s ok, I like it and I think I’ll keep it on there anyway! My official story will be: The stamping guy came in hungover the day after July 4th 1887 and couldn’t remember where he left the block stamps, so he just used the Italic stamps that day!! lol LaughLaughLaugh

Thank you Bert! Great info!

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