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My first impression is that it looks to good in the pictures and a real good chance that it is a restoration. Past experience with Cabelas is you never really know until you see it in your hand. Comments?
Definitely refinished. The wood is undersized also.
Michael
Model 1892 / Model 61 Collector, Research, Valuation
twobit said
Definitely refinished. The wood is undersized also.Michael
Good observations.
"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
When I first saw this gun it was listed on Guns International. I am unable to get the pictures to increase in size enough to really see much detail. The screw heads & screw holes looked OK. The wood, % of blue, & case color at first glance looked suspiciously good.
I just looked at the gun on Cabelas own web site. The Cabelas site allows you to zoom into pictures and yes I can now see the wood is undersized in a few places. Photographs of blue can be deceiving depending on angles, lighting, and editing. Besides the wood, what else looked off?
You can see horizontal buffing lines/marks on receiver sides. The bluing shows no wear at all. A couple of dents with bluing in them, possibly from pitting, (see top left side of the rear barrel band). Bluing color seems off.
Thanks, I will take another look. Sure is easier when you have it in your hand, I feel like a detective looking at pictures.
There’s no saddle ring wear on a 100+ year old carbine. All should have some wear from the ring rubbing against the receiver.
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The sling ring stud is not indexed properly. It should be parallel with the receiver top and the forward wrist of the butt-stock shows oil staining which could not be removed when the stock was refinished. Also, the bluing color is off – too cloudy.
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If you have a Cabela’s nearby they will ship it in for a nominal fee. Nice looking restoration.
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