Six, you ever seen one?
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IIRC, you can only get a detailed letter if it's below 383,xxx...Pete44ru wrote:.
Sadly, it'll probably take a Cody Letter ($$$) to know for sure how it left the factory.............![]()
It looks kinda neat, though - I like it.
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Mike Hunter wrote:Steve
I'm 99.9% sure that it's not the original configuration, but in the .1 % chance that it's ledgit, look to see if the barrel band is machined for an octagon. if not, it's bogus.
I agree with what you're getting at. It also seems odd that the seller has not made public any questions that may have been asked.......and I'm sure there have been some. If we're questioning it you know there are a whole bunch of people watching it that have the same concerns.Sixgun wrote:Nate,
While I'm not the most knowledgeable guy on antique Winchesters....far from it.....there are guys who eat, sleep, and breathe the stuff. (I almost do)
If there was any kind of originality to that gun whatsoever I can 100% guarantee that there is a guy watching that auction and would have hit the "buy button".....(if there is one). Even with the negative condition of the rifle, a serious knowing collector would ask the seller for the full serial number so he could "yellow letter" it and get instant clarification as to originality.
The pictures look like the saddle ring is "right" as to placement and condition but I have seen more than a few rifles with saddle rings...some original, some not. Without actually getting a micrometer on the gun, it's hard to tell.
To my knowledge there has never been an octagon barreled carbine of any model from the 66 to the 95 so it is really hard for me to believe Winchester would make a special barrel band for a carbine forend on an octagon barrel. If.......and a big IF..........if someone had the clout to have such a special order barrel band made, he would have also gotten better wood, takedown, special sights, trigger, etc........not just a saddle ring and a carbine forend.-------6