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steve004

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September 4, 2022 - 11:23 pm

I’ve never seen anything quite like it:

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/944361831

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September 5, 2022 - 12:05 am

Was Rube Goldberg a German? Don’t see anything “Mauser” about it. The rcvr sight seems to be inspired by the Lyman 21 & the aperture itself is a Lyman. Has something important that the Model 54 & 52 lacked: a bolt release.

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September 5, 2022 - 12:25 am

A bolt gun with a hammer? Looks like a questionable design very well executed.

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September 5, 2022 - 12:59 am

TXGunNut said
A bolt gun with a hammer?

Not the first: the Remington-Keene was also a bolt-action with a hammer.

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September 5, 2022 - 1:27 am

That’s a Mail Order barrel and it appears to be the only original Winchester part on the gun.

Looking a little closer, it may also be a grafted/modified M54 First Standard Rifle forend used on the gun.

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September 5, 2022 - 6:38 pm

Model 1895 barrel?

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September 5, 2022 - 8:45 pm

Tedk said
Looking a little closer, it may also be a grafted/modified M54 First Standard Rifle forend used on the gun.

Also resembles early M52 fore-end, but whatever the source, it’s a bizarre combination of relatively new parts fitted to a rcvr that looks much older. Rcvr looks like a casting, which is not something even most master machinists would have the know-how to make.