[quote="KirkD"]You call that 'beat up'? You should see my old Winchesters! By the way, a box like that would not sit around unopened for very long at my house. Maybe a half minute or a minute, but that's about it.
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Kirk, I have been after this gun for 2 yrs. I got it for less than half of the original asking, exactly what I offered back then. I told the seller, Cabela's, what I thought the gun should
really bring in a fair market and they finally responded. I am a very happy camper. I don't think that they thought the gun was "original". In fact, they told me that the sights were replaced. Not so, here is the sheet from Cody.
Winchester 1886, SN 137440
Date into warehouse: 8-22-1906
Caliber: .45-90
Barrel: 22 inch, Round
Extra light
Plain trigger
Sights: Lyman rear, Winchester High Velocity
Full Magazine
Shotgun butt
Takedown
Date shipped: 8-25-1906
Order: 65760
The gun sat around in the warehouse for all of
three days. Guns like this were not made up on speculation, but were requested by a particular customer. .45-90 was not a caliber that was routinely offered in the Lightweight configuration. These were usually .33 or .45-70, with other calibers not encouraged at the time. Some rifles were also built in .38-56, .40-82, and .50-110. The latter two calibers are ones that I do not as yet own. The search continues.
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