winchester carbine buttplates

600S2D

November 29, 2009 17:27

Did Winchester ever put the Rifle style crescent buttplates on any of the early carbines?

I've seen a couple 25-35's carbines recently with the Crescent style buttplate.

Just wondering if they could have been original.
thanks

forgot to mention I'm asking about the 94 model.

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  the yooper

  November 29, 2009 18:34

  Yes, some '94 carbines had the rifle style buttplate. The only way you'll know for certain is if they are under SN 353999 and you can get a factory letter.
  yooper

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  Bert H.

  November 29, 2009 19:00

  There were (606) Carbines made with a Rifle (crescent) butt plate in the first 353,999 Model 1894s made.
  
  Of the first 353,999 Model 1894s, 75,075 were Carbines... the calculated percentage of Carbines with a rifle butt is .008% (or 8 out of every 1000).
  
  The chances are very good that if you saw two of them recently, at least one of the two of them was a fake.

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