Hi Wall
Did Winchester ever produce Unmarked Hi Wall Actions to be sold to Custom Gunmakers? I recently acquired an unmarked High Wall in 22 hornet with a Springfield SA marked barrel and pistol grip and no serial number
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Does your action have a tang? If not, there was a company back in the 70s that made a High Wall action for sale that did not have grip tangs. It was called Falling Block Works and they made a nice action, but I don't know how long they lasted or how many were made.
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Did Winchester ever produce Unmarked Hi Wall Actions to be sold to Custom Gunmakers? I recently acquired an unmarked High Wall in 22 hornet with a Springfield SA marked barrel and pistol grip and no serial number
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Yes it has tangs, also has a flat, not coil mainspring
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It's not a Falling Block because where the action meets the stock is curved like the Winchester, not flat
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Action wasn't serial numbered, but the lower tang was, and you could swap that between actions. You mentioned a pistol grip, so my bet is a smith extended/bent, or bent/broke it, and it got some welding and grinding done to it where the serial number was located.
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I've checked the tang closely and there's no evidence of any welding or grinding
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Here's some pics
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Dokey: 31153809632283/comments/31153828949403
I've checked the tang closely and there's no evidence of any welding or grinding
That's because they took their time bending it. The serial number is there right in the bend, it's just been polished off. Acid etch will lift it if you need to know bad enough.
Look right behind the trigger you'll see "-P", that's what didn't get polished off from the -PAT. OCT.7 79- . The serial number was probably all banged up from hot forge bending the tang, and that's where the polishing got done. It wouldn't be the first one.
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There's no P but there's a small dash
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here is something you can compare your to
the reading is at the 1st number
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Dokey: 31153809632283/comments/31153796787739
There's no P but there's a small dash
I can see it in your pics, and with old eyes too! The last dash is next to the head of the screw.
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