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43 winchester
moretoys
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I know a lot of you guys hate questions based on the "blue book" but it's a great resource for those of use with less experience. all that being said, I found a model 43, that is scoped, and the book says "subtract 60% if non-factory drilled and tapped(early models)."How does one tell if it's a factory job or not, ser #?. Can someone define "early models"?
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wasn't after the 38,000 range of serial numbers? I have found that to be a safe assumption. Yes/No?
Paul
Mountain Magic Gunsmithing
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wasn't after the 38,000 range of serial numbers? I have found that to be a safe assumption. Yes/No?
Paul
Mountain Magic Gunsmithing
Hello Paul,
I do not know what the annual production numbers were for the Model 43, but being that only approximately 63,000 of them were made during a 9-year production run, I suspect you could be correct. I just looked at my January 2, 1952 catalog, and it states...
"Receiver Drilled and tapped for Lyman 57A receiver sight and several popular scope mounts."
That would make one tend to believe that at least 50% of the production run was factory drilled & tapped.