Bert
saw a winchester 32 rimfire octagon barrel and striped receiver only no markings on tang. barrel had a 2 line address and 32 rimfire and the winchester proof mark on it.it did have a front sight and a rear sight which looked like a buck horn sight barrel did have rifling let but was pretty dark and looked pitted it measured 26" long not sure if it was a high wall or low wall i dont know alot about these rifles he wanted a 100.00 for it mabe i should have bought it????barrel had no pits on out side but mostly in petina the receiver did have 1 pitted spot not real bad had no camera with me..Thanks
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well my pawinlaw tells me i am the proud owner of the lowall? highwall 32 rimfire barrel and striped receiver he picked it up today i am 250 miles from him so soon as i get it ill post pic for a price check and to find out which it is..Thanks 0 -
Spider, I bought a copy of Larry Shennum's book, "Winchester an Investment Option" from Bert, and some of the information he contributed to the book had to do with the polishing room records which show that this gun dates back to 1901. I think the dates given were based on a seven digit read rather than one of six digits. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by kimi
Spider, I bought a copy of Larry Shennum's book, "Winchester an Investment Option" from Bert, and some of the information he contributed to the book had to do with the polishing room records which show that this gun dates back to 1901. I think the dates given were based on a seven digit read rather than one of six digits.
I'm just totally confused. This appears to be a 6 digit serial number but there's a big disparity between 1901 (which I inadvertently typed as 1931 in the original thread)and 1942. Is there a 7th digit I'm not seeing? I think a 1942 Winchester would have to be over the 1,000,000 number but maybe it is and my eyes are failing me. I hate getting old! [:(!]0 -
quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
quote:Originally posted by kimi
Spider, I bought a copy of Larry Shennum's book, "Winchester an Investment Option" from Bert, and some of the information he contributed to the book had to do with the polishing room records which show that this gun dates back to 1901. I think the dates given were based on a seven digit read rather than one of six digits.
I'm just totally confused. This appears to be a 6 digit serial number but there's a big disparity between 1901 (which I inadvertently typed as 1931 in the original thread)and 1942. Is there a 7th digit I'm not seeing? I think a 1942 Winchester would have to be over the 1,000,000 number but maybe it is and my eyes are failing me. I hate getting old! [:(!]
After viewing Bert's post that you referenced, it was apparent to me that you did a typo to come up with 1931, and Bert made a very rare mistake on the DOM since a seven digit serial number beginning with 132 dates to 1942.0 -
quote:Originally posted by kimi
After viewing Bert's post that you referenced, it was apparent to me that you did a typo to come up with 1931, and Bert made a very rare mistake on the DOM since a seven digit serial number beginning with 132 dates to 1942.
That's what I get for typing in the dark! [B)]0 -
quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
quote:Originally posted by kimi
After viewing Bert's post that you referenced, it was apparent to me that you did a typo to come up with 1931, and Bert made a very rare mistake on the DOM since a seven digit serial number beginning with 132 dates to 1942.
That's what I get for typing in the dark! [B)]
I thought I was going to get rid of my poncho too...but as things have turned out the NAM was a much safer place than the land of the big PX! [:D]
EDIT: Good eye, O-C.0 -
In my opinion it appears to have a 6 digit serial number (132013), but it also appears to have a replaced barrel if that is the serial number. It shouldn't have "Model 94" marked on the barrel. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
As the topic was locked, could you please see my final comments on this thread and help me out? Thanks!
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=449202
Tom,
I apologize... It was a total brain Phart on my part[:I][B)][:I].
In explanation, I saw that the leading digit was "L" shaped, and I immediately assumed that there were 7-digits in the serial number. Nearly all of the Model 94s in the 1270000 - 1325000 serial range are found with that anomaly.
The serial number on that Model 1894 was manufactured in the late part of the year 1901.0 -
so was Winchester just being lazy or too cheap to make correct 1's? Or was it done on purpose? Is it a L or a upsidedown 7 or a upsidedown 1? I thought it was just odd when I bought it.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Bert H.
quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
As the topic was locked, could you please see my final comments on this thread and help me out? Thanks!
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=449202
Tom,
I apologize... It was a total brain Phart on my part[:I][B)][:I].
In explanation, I saw that the leading digit was "L" shaped, and I immediately assumed that there were 7-digits in the serial number. Nearly all of the Model 94s in the 1270000 - 1325000 serial range are found with that anomaly.
The serial number on that Model 1894 was manufactured in the late part of the year 1901.
No problem, Bert. At least I know I read your polishing room chart correctly (even though I typed a "3" instead of a "0") and we're all on the same page. Thanks for the clarification. [:)]0 -
Spider, Bert, et al,
I have done a little consolidating on the original topic to make room for 3 additional comments if that will help with this commentary.
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=449202
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