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Winchester 101 Question

drewtodrewto Member Posts: 153 ✭✭✭
edited July 2006 in Ask the Experts
Hello:
Did Winchester ever make a 101 with stainless barrels?
If so what was the model designation, or identifying hall marks.
Thanks

Comments

  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,868 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    do you mean chrome lined?
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  • drewtodrewto Member Posts: 153 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bobski:
    The shotgun was advertised as stainless. I have since seen the actual shotgun, and it was just a plain jane model. I had never heard of a stainless 101 before, so I was naturally interested.
    Thanks
  • mrbrucemrbruce Member Posts: 3,374
    edited November -1
    Winchester never made a SS 101 that I know of.
  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,868 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i tend to agree with mrbruce. now i have seen newer 23xtr's and pigeons in other than blue' on the receivers before. but bbls were always blued.
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  • schintzieschintzie Member Posts: 129 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello drewto,

    Winchester 101's post-date the stainless steel barrels of the 1920's (which were finished in black) and pre-date modern stainless steel barrel technology.
  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,868 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    in other words, we're all saying...no.[:)]
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  • only winchestersonly winchesters Member Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello drewto: Well the Md 101 in the later years came with a "coin finished" receiver, not blued. But all the 101's I've seen and the info I have on them they all had blued barrels.

    Funny thing about "gun sellers" you take a gun that's been out of production for a while (Md 101 last made 87/88) Most can't tell you anymore than what's stamped on the gun. They see a "coin finish" and assume it must be stainless. It gets real bad on pre-64 Winchester shotguns, they don't know standard barrel lengths or how to measure them, much less use a choke gauge to measure the choke on a fixed choke model. LOL

    Regards to all

    Dave
  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,868 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    and most dealers at shows only have 12ga gauges. lot a good it does on a 28ga or 410...[:I]
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