I have cropped it and placed a red circle around what appears to be the leading "4" digit stamped on the extension.

Bert

Hopefully these will suffice. If not, then I'll take some more. Maybe I should have resized them...

Corey Freeman said
I'm not sure on the serial number for the barrel, but I will research it further. The serial number does look authentic and not placed there by someone else. The rest of the metal around it is undisturbed.
I can fix the crack. Before I started collecting old guns and fixing them up, I built furniture for my house. Learned from my FIL and he knew more than he could ever teach.
  

Can you post a clear close up of the serial number and the take down extension directly above it?

Bert

I can fix the crack. Before I started collecting old guns and fixing them up, I built furniture for my house. Learned from my FIL and he knew more than he could ever teach.

DEEREHART said

Jeremy P said

Zebulon said
I'm bringing my serious camera to photograph the shooting of your 1873. 
  

LOL I just saw these two posts. I'll accept your 375 firing and raise you one 1873 firing with a video. You can use my phone to video since I also owe a video to someone at Wyoming Armory!
  

Jeremy
I think we all need to see video of the awesome 1873 and her first shots.
 Maybe a pic with your dad
 Doug
  

It was pretty awesome, Doug. Handled and shot better than a new gun. There will not be a video posted of the tweaking of the 1873's front sight. Definitely not for the squeamish! For the record I passed on shooting Bill's thumper, he and Jeremy were pleasantly surprised that recoil wasn't as violent as they expected. 

Mike

DEEREHART said

Jeremy P said

Zebulon said
I'm bringing my serious camera to photograph the shooting of your 1873. 
  

LOL I just saw these two posts. I'll accept your 375 firing and raise you one 1873 firing with a video. You can use my phone to video since I also owe a video to someone at Wyoming Armory!
  

Jeremy
I think we all need to see video of the awesome 1873 and her first shots.
 Maybe a pic with your dad
 Doug
  

Stay tuned Doug!

Jeremy P said

Randycrockett said
My Model 50 number 76315 has round logo butt plate
  

The plot thickens!
  

They never threw anything away. That serial is higher than mine. Ken, I think the assemblers were using them interchangeably, which is typical of WRA. 

I have a Model 61 with grooved receiver and a serial high enough that it ought to have a plastic buttplate. It has the blued, checkered, flat steel buttplate that was the previous standard. WRA ordered a supply of the plastic before the steel ran out, then filled the bins with both to be used in production. We see this for lots of cosmetic and non-cosmetic parts. In 1955, if you ordered a 52 Sporting Rifle you might get a B or a C, unless you specified which. They were still making both until the B parts were used up. And those two variants were different in significant ways. 

Jeremy P said

Zebulon said
I'm bringing my serious camera to photograph the shooting of your 1873. 
  

LOL I just saw these two posts. I'll accept your 375 firing and raise you one 1873 firing with a video. You can use my phone to video since I also owe a video to someone at Wyoming Armory!
  

Jeremy

I think we all need to see video of the awesome 1873 and her first shots.

 Maybe a pic with your dad

 Doug

I sent you a pm.

Ken

Randycrockett said
My Model 50 number 76315 has round logo butt plate
  

The plot thickens!

KWD57 said
Thanks Jeremy,
I will try to figure out how to send a pm.
Regards,
Ken
  

Ken, on one of my posts above, top right corner of the post box, hit the middle icon with the envelope on it. I compared my extra one to the one installed on my shotgun, it's a tad bit longer, so should have enough extra material to be fit correctly, but like I said, it would have to be fit somewhat no matter what, highly unlikely it would screw right on perfectly if that makes sense.

I will try to figure out how to send a pm.

Regards,

Ken