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Winchester 94-44 chrome receiver

WyattNightWyattNight Member Posts: 20 ✭✭
edited April 2015 in Ask the Experts
I have the above mentioned gun. I inherited it from my father.
The serial # is 3212725M. Can anyone tell me about this gun. I thought for years it was stainless steel but I've come to decide it might be chrome as there is a crack in it. The barrel is blued and says Winchester Proof Steel. Thank you.
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    fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,722
    edited November -1
    lots of short run made for special intrest it is non standard,,i have a nickel with blue accents 9422
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    charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,579 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Does a magnet stick to it? Lot of chrome plated guns around, Bubba must have a buddy that worked in a plating shop.

    Nickel is known to flake off (starts as a crack). Avoid contact with ammonia containing solvents/cleaners like Hoppe's #9
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    MG1890MG1890 Member Posts: 4,649
    edited November -1
    No stainless steel 94's in that era. Chrome or nickel plated.
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    WyattNightWyattNight Member Posts: 20 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do you know the year of mfg.? quote:Originally posted by MG1890
    No stainless steel 94's in that era. Chrome or nickel plated.
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    MG1890MG1890 Member Posts: 4,649
    edited November -1
    2.7M was 1964... 3.2M is around late 60's maybe....
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    v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Winchester made a run of Pearlitic Malleable cast iron receivers about that time.
    This material had great mechanical properties IF HEAT TREATED correctly.
    One of the differences is it wont blue conventionally. That is probably why someone refinished the frame by plating.
    If the frame is cracked, it's done.
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