Hotchkiss10 said
I cleaned up this Winchester a bit and on the stock it has some numbers. Also has numbers on the frame. Should these numbers match the serial number?
  

No, they should not.  The numbers you found are assembly numbers used to pair up the parts again during final assembly after being returned from final finishing.  The numbers were usually stamped on the inside left side of the lower tang and in the upper tang stock channel.

Bert

kevindpm61 said
Lots of varnish
  

Probably.  Unless the seller applied something to make it glossy that wipes off, although this seems unlikely.

mrcvs said
This one sure looks refinished to me.
Comments?
https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/winchester-rifles-model-1886/winchester-model-1886-40-82-wcf.cfm?gun_id=103619660
Who wants to inform the seller he needs to divide his asking price by 30?
For starters, a rifle in such “high” condition would be unlikely to have suffered such abuse to the wood both sides of the wrist.
  

We just had a post about inflated prices on eBay, guess we need to start one on GI too. Even I wouldn’t have been fooled by this one. To be fair he didn’t price it wrong. He just priced it 100 years too soon 😀

Comments?

https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/winchester-rifles-model-1886/winchester-model-1886-40-82-wcf.cfm?gun_id=103619660

Who wants to inform the seller he needs to divide his asking price by 30?

For starters, a rifle in such “high” condition would be unlikely to have suffered such abuse to the wood both sides of the wrist.

Steve, I did get (through Amazon, apparently now the only source; Wolfe doesn't sell them directly) the 9th edition of the primer you recommend. Very informative and will eventually be useful.

Last evening I reviewed and then analyzed my Amex bill, as I always do before paying it. The sharp dose of reality convinced me I did not truly need to go adventuring in the land of the 40-65 Winchester, at least for a little while. 

I decided I needed instead a Marble Arms tang sight for my impending 250-3000 Savage - and a set of dies and a bag of brass -- all at a fraction of the cost of another rifle. For the time being.

I'll report as events warrant. 

https://www.wolfeoutdoorsports.com/black-powder-cartridge-reloading-primer-newly-revised-9th-edition/

there’s plenty of good reasons why most shooters take the 45-70 but if you’d like to be an oddball like me that’s fine, but you’re going to have to reload. 

The EG rifles are just too sleek to encumber with scopes. The R was intended for that and mine is scoped. However, I still need to shim the scope base because the range of elevation is too limited. Leupold used to make a base with a built in 7 degree tilt, just for the 99. Somewhere there was a failure to communicate....

Mike

TXGunNut said

Zebulon said
I'm considering one. 
  

I understand they're great up to the rams, may have to hold a little high to ensure they fall over. Save the light bullets for the chickens. Since I don't play that game it would need to have spectacular wood or a bargain price tag, preferably both!
 
Mike
  

I think I've talked myself out of it. 

Anthony said

steve004 said
That carbine has seen some weather!  A top, "poster child" candidate for the descriptor, "weathered appearance."  Also a poster child for, "glossy revarnish."  Were it mine (which likely wouldn't happen) I get rid of the varnish very quickly.
  

Steve,
I also noticed that shiny varnish that looks terrible on it. Like, cj57 said, the heavy cleaning that was done with the steel wool and emery paper, is obvious. How about the wood to metal fit that's pretty obvious as the sanded rounded corner on the wood, hence the heavy varnish being applied, as a cleaned up example and a poor refinish job over dirt and debris, maybe to make it possibly look older or more antique sh ! 
Tony
  

I agree Tony.  I think that what's been done to it takes it out of the realm of, "character" carbine - which is the most it could be.

steve004 said
That carbine has seen some weather!  A top, "poster child" candidate for the descriptor, "weathered appearance."  Also a poster child for, "glossy revarnish."  Were it mine (which likely wouldn't happen) I get rid of the varnish very quickly.
  

Steve,

I also noticed that shiny varnish that looks terrible on it. Like, cj57 said, the heavy cleaning that was done with the steel wool and emery paper, is obvious. How about the wood to metal fit that's pretty obvious as the sanded rounded corner on the wood, hence the heavy varnish being applied, as a cleaned up example and a poor refinish job over dirt and debris, maybe to make it possibly look older or more antique sh ! 

Tony