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June 26, 2013
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Does this look factory original? The Winchester proof mark is offset. What would be the practicality of having a ribbed barrel on a 32 WS 94 carbine?
April 15, 2005
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Don,
The fact that it is an early Post WW II production Flat-band Carbine leads me to believe that it is not factory original. A rib on a Carbine is much like a teat on a boar hog.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
March 20, 2010
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Never seen one like it before but what intrigues me is the location of the barrel proof mark, much the same location as what you see for matted barreled rifles.
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May 2, 2009
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I didn’t like the proof mark on the barrel. It wasn’t stamped straight but stuff happens. The other thing that bugs me is it looks like the barrel band was screwed into the barrel but I don’t see a head of a screw. It would of been nice if the pictures were clear.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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March 20, 2010
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Your right, better and more pics would be nice.
1892takedown @sbcglobal.net ......NRA Endowment Life Member.....WACA Member
"God is great.....beer is good.....and people are crazy"... Billy Currington
April 15, 2005
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One of our WACA members sent me close up pictures of the barrel bands… definitely aftermarket alterations. The front barrel band is installed backwards, and I too, have to wonder why there is what appears to be a set screw hole in the rear band.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
