evil dogooder Posted July 29, 2021 Posted July 29, 2021 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
evil dogooder Posted July 30, 2021 Author Posted July 30, 2021 14 minutes ago, DeaconKC said: What was it rechambered to? It's still a 44-40.
evil dogooder Posted July 30, 2021 Author Posted July 30, 2021 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
Cypress Sam, SASS #10915 Posted August 1, 2021 Posted August 1, 2021 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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