Winchester 1866 Musket with no SN?

bnocenti

June 13, 2012 06:51

I've been looking all over my 1866 Musket for a SN but I can't find one. I've looked in all the obvious places that Flayderman's says the SN should be as well as taking the shoulder stock off and it doesn't have a SN on the tang. The only thing I could find was a 4 digit number under the butt stock. Anyone have any ideas? It's in pretty rough shape.

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  bnocenti

  June 13, 2012 10:34

  Any idea where the SN on this could be?

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  Bert H.

  June 13, 2012 11:07

  If it is not marked somewhere on the the lower tang, it has been obliterated.

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  62fuelie

  June 13, 2012 17:23

  Or the lower tang was replaced sometime in its past. I saw an 1873 that had what proved to be an Uberti lower tang as the original had been damaged beyond repair - wonder what the ATF would think of that?

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  Spider7115

  June 13, 2012 18:17

  quote:Originally posted by 62fuelie
  Or the lower tang was replaced sometime in its past. I saw an 1873 that had what proved to be an Uberti lower tang as the original had been damaged beyond repair - wonder what the ATF would think of that?
  
  With all of the problems ATF is having right now, I doubt that an 1866 Winchester would be on their list of priorities. Besides, ATF doesn't even consider an original 1866 Winchester to be a firearm.

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