I sometimes have trouble with the early machine checkered stocks that were "cleaned up" by hand.  The hand checkering panels got much smaller (more in length than width) by the late 1950s, but the machine checkered panels (IMHO) are far narrower than those laid out by hand.  Also the fore end cross section was made more "square" and the grip radius adjusted slightly to accommodate the checkering machine, but those differences are often hard to see in pictures...

This one (an Alaskan) is machine checkered, and very close in serial number to the subject rifle...

Lou

G7039, Standard Grade 300 H&H Magnum rifle with Monte Carlo stock. Type III-4 action. Lyman 16B rear sight (should have a 0.360" tall Win 103E front sight). The plastic butt plate and late HAND checkered stock are appropriate for the 1961 DOM.  If you're expecting machine checkering, keep in mind that the 300 H&H stocks were unique to that one catalog symbol (longer magazine well inside), and like many other "specialized" stocks, they tend to keep turning up after some of the common stocks (shared by multiple catalog symbols) had mostly gone to machine checkering.

The box, of corrugated cardboard (not pasteboard) and stamped "OLIN Winchester-Western Division" on top is (I think) OK for a 1961 gun.  The end label appears to be OK...   They don't show much else or say that there's any paperwork within the box.  If it's there it should most likely have the same Corporate address as the box unless it's been cobbled together.

Whether the set (gun + box) is worth the auction estimate ($3,000 - $4,500 plus another 25% or so by the time it's delivered) is up to the potential bidder to decide...

Just my take...

Lou

Since you indicate that you know little to nothing about M70’s you should be aware that this is a late production gun with the smaller, machine checkering pattern and hard rubber butt plate. Some collectors (myself included) prefer the earlier production guns that feature the larger, hand cut checkering pattern and checkered steel butt plate. Another consideration is the Monte Carlo stock on this gun vs. the classic, low comb stock found on the earlier guns

https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/4097/1479/pre64-winchester-model-70-bolt-action-rifle-in-300-hh-magnum

https://winchestercollector.org/forum/forum-rules-and-faqs/posting-pictures-2024/

Mike

Bert

I just got a Cody Museum letter for my 1903 manufactured model 1894. Since I can't post a photo of it here, I'll type the details verbatim. It appears to have shipped with a spare plain stock... But the 'action to interchange' is the bit that I don't understand.

Serial number applied on September 15, 1903

Type: Rifle

Caliber: 38/55

Barrel Type: Octagon

Trigger: Plain

Fancy, Pistol grip stock

Takedown

One Plain, Pistol grip stock and action to interchange

Received in warehouse on September 24, 1903

Shipped from warehouse on October 16, 1903, Order number 199013

F.K. said
Hi everyone, 
does anybody have exact numbers of how many 1885s were made for the 45-120-550 or the 45-110 Sharps cartridge and in what years, possibly?
I think these are absolutely fascinating cartridges... 
My hopes are on Bert  😀 
Thank you so much! 
  

As Bill pointed out, my article discussing the many (98 of them in total) different cartridges that were chambered in the Single Shot is the only accurate source of information.

Winchester introduced the 45 Sharps cartridges in the April 1886 catalog, but they were available from the inception of the Single Shot in September 1885.  It was the January 1896 catalog that discontinued the 45 Sharps cartridges, though they could still be special ordered. 

The 45-120 was usually listed in the ledger records as "45-3¼".  In my research survey, just two rifles have been found after serial number 79999.  The highest known serial number is 96419, received in the warehouse in January 1904.

Bert