WINCHESTER M-40

MIKE WISKEY

February 24, 2012 04:59

Anybody familure with these, one just came in that is 'locked-up' (Bolt all the way to the rear)

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  Ambrose

  February 24, 2012 05:39

  Is that the one that's a remake of the 1911?

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  rufe-snow

  February 24, 2012 05:55

  Very uncommon, only small numbers made just prior to W W II. Winchester had so many problems with them that they were recalled. They exchanged a Model 12 for a Model 40, no questions asked.
  
  I've run across very few over the years. Strangely they don't seem to have much of a following with Winchester collectors. Although made in much lessor quantities then some of the lever actions of the same era, collector interest/value not even close.

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