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Winchester model 54 super grade?
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Doc Lane
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December 12, 2024 - 10:30 pm
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one of my friends wife inherited a Winchester 54 super grade besides the floor plate being marked is there a way to check the under side of the barrel like on a model 70 for markings?

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Winchester did not begin to regularly stamp M70 SG under barrels with SUPER and/or a backwards S on the recoil lug until 1955. A much earlier M54 SG barrel would not be stamped in this manner and would have the same under barrel stamps as a M54 NRA/Standard Rifle. 

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thank you very much i’am going to hit her up on it. she doesn’t want a gun in the house.

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