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Good Job ! Yes, pictures for sure, even pre-possession ones as gonna be a year-

 

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Jim C nailed a GOOD one, be fun for you guys to compare & I have some questions on the weapon-

Historically that is.

Out of state journey. Class III to Class III I assume.

 

18 Winchesters rules , not even in IMHO, they rule. WAIT, forgot the Monitor.

 

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Gary- You got pictures of the receiver, both sides, also pictures of the gas cylinder ( regulator) side & front and barrel end . Top of the gun would be nice too, with SN and all, unless you don't feel comfortable showing the SN.

Even if these are " sales" picture before you receive the gun.

Lucky guy-

 

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  • 5 months later...

Sorry to be away for so long... just still waiting. Shouldn’t be too long from now. I’d rather present my own photos since the seller’s aren’t great.

 

Also have a Thompson Colt Navy & Savage M1A1 coming... the wait is so painful, as you all know.

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Sorry to be away for so long... just still waiting. Shouldn’t be too long from now. I’d rather present my own photos since the seller’s aren’t great.

 

Also have a Thompson Colt Navy & Savage M1A1 coming... the wait is so painful, as you all know.

Yea, the wait is killer. But the smiles will last a lifetime.

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One thing about the wait. Afetr you get it and look back, it doesn't seem like it was a long wait at all. Enjoy the journey and not the destination :)

It's always nice to have something to look forward to.

Eric

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Gary,

Congratulations, I was hoping you'd get it soon.

I picked up my Colt yesterday.

Spent today stripping it, cleaning and lubing.

Headspace checked out perfect and the rifling is quite nice.

Ready to go to the range.

For frosting on the cake the dealer sold me a case of Greek ammo at a good price.

Jim C

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This weapon, Winchester #66191, has no military marks or date on the barrel. It does have various digits stamped on the gas cylinder and receiver. Anyone know what that means? Ill be digging in tomorrow.

 

Edit: dont forget Im a newbie here.

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HTH,

I examined the gun before Gary bought it.

My first thought was that the barrel was a replacement.

Then it occurred to me that the barrel was a slim Jim in the chamber area . Only Colt and Marlin made the slim Jim type barrel and it was not stamped "C" or "M".

Later the fat chamber barrels became standard , so its not likely made post war.

So,, who made the barrel??

We may never know.

As far as the bolt is concerned, I didn't disassemble the gun.

Jim C

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The barrel is marked M on top where it attaches to the receiver... I initially thought this was 11.

 

The bolt is marked W M.A.

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The bolt should have a N.S. stamp visible in the ejection port "nickel steel" and I think the op rod is also NS, but you have to take it apart to see it from what I recall. Not sure on the wood fore end, but those I believe are also W marked. Not sure if yours is a repro or? hard to tell from the pics, but I'd take a look at the inside when you take it apart. I have seen NS parts from time to time and a number of winchester barrels, but finding the correct date range and one that had original blued finish took me 5+ years, so I have a spare should it be needed (by the next guy since I never shoot it). A lot depends on how bad your obsession is? Mine's kind of bad, so I chase a lot of parts to put a gun back to original. On my gun, it was exceptional when I bought it, so I got lucky with this one.

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As I reported above, the bolt is stamped W, and on a different angle, M.A., visible through the ejection port.

 

I think I see NS on the underside of the operating handle, only visible when drawn back.

 

Ill figure out how to disassemble it and check all the marks.

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