gdad
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Post by gdad on Aug 26, 2018 8:52:14 GMT -5
I've recently acquired a nice 1905 SL in 35, and I'm wondering what grades were available from Winchester? This one has characterics common to some of the high grade rifles produced in that era; highly figured walnut furniture, high polish bluing, and Lyman tang sight w/ ivory bead front sight. It also has a personalized cap on the pistol grip which would seem to indicate that it might have been a presentation rifle. I have been able to determine that it likely belonged to a prominent Galveston businessman of era.
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Post by Hardrada55 on Aug 26, 2018 11:30:41 GMT -5
John Henwood, in his book “The Forgotten Winchester’s” says Winchester didn’t have “grades”, but they had a list of “extras”. You could order 10 different engraving patterns, gold inlay, eight patterns of checkering and carving, eight levels of different woods and finishes.
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Post by gdad on Aug 26, 2018 14:00:51 GMT -5
Thanks Hardrada55, I've been searching the images on the net and this one is definitely not typical of what was the usual deluxe model. May be the work of a period smith but the work is superior to most of what I've seen. I did find where the original owner had passed in 1935 so I would speculate that the work predated that if it wasn't a factory special order.
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Post by Hardrada55 on Aug 26, 2018 14:44:24 GMT -5
We love pictures
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Post by gdad on Aug 26, 2018 21:32:36 GMT -5
I'll have to look into one of the photo hosting sites and set something up to post pics. Thanks for all your input!
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