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winchester rubber butt pad question

bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,868 ✭✭✭
edited April 2005 in Ask the Experts
its been a while and im rusty...on determining a fake from real one...it something to do with a dot after 6 in the pat date under the word winchester.
real ones are: june 6 1922.
fake ones or replacement copies from galazans are : june 6. 1922. is this correct?
Retired Naval Aviation
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.

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    snickerssnickers Member Posts: 359 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The original pads read: June 6,1922
    There is no space between the 6 and the comma or the comma and the year. The fakes or replacements that I have seen either don't have the comma or they have a space after the comma. The comma does not appear at a angle but rather is straight up and down.

    MONEY TALKS mine says good-bye
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    bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,868 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    thats it. thanks!
    Retired Naval Aviation
    Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
    Former NSSA All American
    Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
    MO, CT, VA.
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    only winchestersonly winchesters Member Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi Bob!

    Original pad: PAT.JUNE 6.1922
    Reproduction Pad: PAT.JUNE 6,1922

    Since 1961 was the last year they used them on shotguns, and the reproductions have been around since the early 1980s, It would be rare to find a shotgun that has the original pad that hasn't taken a set, or that hasn't started to get hard.

    However I'll use a reproduction pad over any other non "Winchester" pad.

    Regards Dave
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