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62-a

blueyesblueyes Member Posts: 20 ✭✭
edited January 2016 in Ask the Experts
I have a 62 winchester.bbl is marked 62. S-l-lr.frame#18xxxa.which forearm should it have----6" or 8", thanks
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What is the actual serial number... I do not like trying to guess[V]

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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  • blueyesblueyes Member Posts: 20 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    182xx
    with A under it
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  • tsr1965tsr1965 Member Posts: 8,682 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by blueyes
    182xx
    with A under it


    What Bert is trying to tell you, is that they had several variations and special orders...even within short serial number ranges. If you give him the EXACT serial number, he can give you the exact configuration your gun left the factory in, and most likely down to within the exact day it was made...this is NOT a joke!
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  • blueyesblueyes Member Posts: 20 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't mind giving Bert the whole number but not everyone else.anyway I can send it to just him,thanks
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  • MG1890MG1890 Member Posts: 4,460 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Exact serial number will not yield records of configuration on a 62 or 62A. There are no records beyond the polishing room records recording dates that serial numbers were stamped.

    However, many Winchester production changes can be fairly narrowly dated by the serial number, and having the complete number is better than a bunch of XXX's.

    XXX out the real number serves NO legitimate purpose and only frustrates collectors.

    That said, I just went to a safe and pulled out some 62's, lowest #2442, highest in the 99,000's (I cannot remember the exact number). All had the short forearm
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