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June 15, 2024
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There’s a stock and butt plate for sale on eBay with what I believe is a Schuetzen style butt plate. It’s advertised as for a Model 1894 but the arms look too short and the bitt plate is wrong. I think it’s for an 1886.
Just posting in case anyone is searching for something like this.
April 15, 2005
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That is a Ballard style Swiss butt plate, and the stock it is on is for a high-wall Single Shot (a.k.a. Model 1885). Winchester used the Ballard style Swiss butt plates on the very early production Single Shot rifles when so ordered.
Bert
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May 2, 2009
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They also used them on the 73’s
Bob
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April 15, 2005
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1873man said
They also used them on the 73’s
Bob
Yes, and a few other models as well, but they are far more commonly found on the Single Shot rifles, and they were standard on the “Special Single Shot Rifle” variant.
Bert
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