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winchester collector question on model 50

bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
edited May 2018 in Ask the Experts
im sure bert h will chime in on this....

what do records show as being the last production number model 50 made?

my books show 196,400.

anyone have anything higher?
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  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,292 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    196,402
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    that's about right.

    guess what? its time to reprint Winchester data.

    im holding 201,168 as we speak!

    model 50 pigeon featherweight skeet.[8D]
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  • bigbill0910bigbill0910 Member Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You tricked us!
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    no tricks.
    there are more than one book and many more expert collectors who have way more knowledge than the old books printed inaccurately.

    im still hoping to hear from some in the Winchester cult who have other knowledge more updated, than the books presently published.
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  • Chief ShawayChief Shaway Member, Moderator Posts: 6,285 ******
    edited November -1
    I have a 42,000 and a 192,000.
    Bobski, yes, the 192,000 is a FW.
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    is it a featherweight? I have a fw and its 193000.
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    trap....do you own 196402 or does your book say that number?
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  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,292 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's the info from Bert that he got from the Polishing Room records. The records show production from 1954 to 1962. 195,399 was the last one made in 1961, and they only made 3 more in 1962. I've read somewhere on the Winchester collectors Forum that the serial numbers started at 1000, but I don't know if there's any thing to back it up.
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    yes its true. 1000 was #1. I own it with a cody letter.

    well....looks like I found a rare one. 201168. as real as the day I was born.
    historical find indeed.
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