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April 15, 2005
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Mark,
Unfortunately, No, and No.
Bert
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January 28, 2016
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Bert,
Take a look at proof mark on receiver and mark near front site. Polished and reblued?[Image Can Not Be Found]
April 15, 2005
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Mark,
The receiver frame has definitely been buffed and refinished. Winchester never stamped a proof mark or any other type of mark near the front sight. I suspect that is just a ding or scratch in the barrel.
Bert
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January 28, 2016
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Didnt mean a stamped type mark near front site was referring to the polished shiny mark on barrel next to the front sight. It is the same on the barrel on both sides of front sight.
April 15, 2005
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mark minnillo said
Didnt mean a stamped type mark near front site was referring to the polished shiny mark on barrel next to the front sight. It is the same on the barrel on both sides of front sight.
I suspect it is a wear pattern from being shoved in and out of a gun boot.
Bert
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December 27, 2007
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Because the shine is so straight along the base of the sight and a bit up on its side, and also to the base of the sight in the front and back, it seems to not be normal wear. Normal wear should be a wash of dimming from dark toward light? And unless the barrel is making solid contact along the front and back at the base of the sight, it seems there should be blue in these area; otherwise, the sight’s height would protect the finish in these areas.
Is there a case or a method of securing a barrel that snugs against the sight?
Thinking on that, I doubt if I would want one that would wear the bluing like that.
March 20, 2010
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Ive seen this same type of wear on and adjacent to carbine front sight posts and it is usually due to someone sweating out and repairing the sight post, reweld, and cold blue applied to mask it–that eventually wears off with cleaning revealing the repair work. Usually see this on carbines that have had their barrels shortened. Hard to see whats going on with the gun with just the two close up pics.
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December 1, 2012
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1892takedown said
Ive seen this same type of wear on and adjacent to carbine front sight posts and it is usually due to someone sweating out and repairing the sight post, reweld, and cold blue applied to mask it–that eventually wears off with cleaning revealing the repair work. Usually see this on carbines that have had their barrels shortened. Hard to see whats going on with the gun with just the two close up pics.
That’s exactly what this looks like. The scratches around the sight base are parallel with the bore, indicating sanding and polishing. The rest of the barrel has machining marks going around the barrel. Looking at my 1892 carbine barrels, none of them have and machining marks going in any direction, anywhere.
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November 7, 2015
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Wincacher said
1892takedown said
Ive seen this same type of wear on and adjacent to carbine front sight posts and it is usually due to someone sweating out and repairing the sight post, reweld, and cold blue applied to mask it–that eventually wears off with cleaning revealing the repair work. Usually see this on carbines that have had their barrels shortened. Hard to see whats going on with the gun with just the two close up pics.That’s exactly what this looks like. The scratches around the sight base are parallel with the bore, indicating sanding and polishing. The rest of the barrel has machining marks going around the barrel. Looking at my 1892 carbine barrels, none of them have and machining marks going in any direction, anywhere.
Can’t put nuthin’ past you two! Looked like a good quality repair to me but cold blue has it’s drawbacks after several years. Whatever was used to weld/solder the sight in just didn’t take the blue very well.
