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To: Phillyred

If that rifle is 132 years old, then all “1911” guns are 107 years old. Got it.


45 posted on 07/22/2018 2:43:06 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 trillion dollars.)
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To: Fresh Wind
If that rifle is 132 years old, then all “1911” guns are 107 years old. Got it.

The upper tang "Model of 1873" stamping does indicate an early production gun - definitely pre-1900 (Winchester made them until the 1920s). Later production guns had changes to the markings, adding the Winchester name to the tang below the model number.

49 posted on 07/22/2018 8:21:16 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Fresh Wind

The serial Number was produced in 1882 according
to records of the Winchester production list.


52 posted on 07/22/2018 8:49:57 PM PDT by deport
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