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Picked this up as a project a few weeks ago.

   Some of the internals were missing as well as the mag spring  and follower.   Somebody had  re-barreled with a heavy round barrel and reblue it.  Born in 1882 as a 44-40.  Wood was nice but a little different.  

  It has a squared off shotgun butt on it.  I hadn't seen one like it before.    Normally I just see the crescent. The wrist is wider as well. If it was replaced, it was done a long time ago.   The stock has shrunk evenly around the plate.  It's been drilled and tapped for a long range sight.  

 

 The problem is now that it's functioning,  do I keep it or sell it lol.

 

More than likely sell it, but it's nice to have a piece of history... I wish I knew what it's story was

 

    

 

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That’s a nice looking rifle.

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What was it rechambered to?

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14 minutes ago, DeaconKC said:

What was it rechambered to?

It's still a 44-40.  

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42 minutes ago, Yul Lose said:

That’s a nice looking rifle.

I debated about making it into a trapper because ive always wanted one.  Its just to pretty

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It is awfully nice!

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Winchester did make some on special order with heavy barrels (also some with single set triggers).  I don’t know about the stock, but I’ve read that the factory would make most any modification a customer wanted for a price of course.

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