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March 13, 2019 - 2:22 pm
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I looked at an 1892 the other day.  It was in the 500,000 serial number range.  The serial number was odd in that the last 3 digits aligned but the first 3 were slightly out of line.  They were proper Winchester looking numbers but they appeared as if they might have been applied one at a time.  Is there anything that can explain this other than someone messing with the original number?

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They were stamped one at a time.

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Have you seen any with significant misalignment?  This is the first one I’ve seen with what I’d consider badly aligned numbers

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On the 73’s I haven’t seen bad vertical misalignment’s but lateral alignment issues. Can you post a picture.

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I will take a picture if I get to see it again

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