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1897 Winchester - Antique question

capguncapgun Member Posts: 1,848 ✭
edited March 2013 in Ask the Experts
Different sites have conflicting numbers. What is the pre-1899 antique cutoff date for the 1897 shotgun?
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  • mango tangomango tango Member Posts: 3,833 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    This might get you in the ballpark!
    http://proofhouse.com/win/winchester.htm
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mango tango
    This might get you in the ballpark!
    http://proofhouse.com/win/winchester.htm


    No, it does not... the information on Proofhouse it grossly inaccurate[xx(]

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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by capgun
    Different sites have conflicting numbers. What is the pre-1899 antique cutoff date for the 1897 shotgun?


    Capgun,

    Serial number 63867 is antique, 63868 is not.

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  • capguncapgun Member Posts: 1,848 ✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks. I wish proofhouse and the other sites would get their facts straight.
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by capgun
    Thanks. I wish proofhouse and the other sites would get their facts straight.


    There are at least two websites out there that are working on it. I provided corrected information to them late last year, with the promise that they would update their websites with it. You can also get the correct information from Chapter 8 in "The RED BOOK of WINCHESTER Values" co-written by yours truly.

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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,004 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bert-Is that really you[:0] Expected a guy in his 80's with all the ACCURATE info you post. Keep on keeping on. Your info to all here is invaluable. While am at it-Is a "solid frame (Mfg. date 1923-1924) any more valuable than a comparable "take down'/ MOD. 97?
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nope, I am not anywhere near 80... yet. In fact, I am now in my mid 50s.

    A late production Solid frame Model 97 is actually worth slightly less than an otherwise identical Take Down.

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  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,292 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:There are at least two websites out there that are working on it.
    Which ones? Maybe some prodding by a few thousand gun forum members could make them work a little faster. Just sayin. [:)]
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