I'm certainly not an expert on these old guns.but in looking at Ned Schwing's book on the slide action Winchesters.your barrel appears to be a very late model barrel and may be a factory replacement if it has the factory replacement proof mark. Of course, its entirely possible that a gunsmith removed the barrel from a late model gun - for whatever reason - and installed it on your gun. I think a different mark may have been used if the barrel was ordered from Winchester and installed by a gunsmith. If the barrel is a later factory replacement barrel, there should be the additional proof mark - the "P" in the circle - stamped next to the factory proof mark. One proof mark will be on the top of the receiver just behind the barrel the other will be on top of the barrel just ahead of the receiver - these were done before the gun left the factory. The two factory proof marks are a circle with a "P" and "W" inside - with one letter superimposed over the other. I think they started proof marking the barrel and receiver when they started stamping the "B" on the receiver with the serial numbers.some where around August of '08. Does it also happen to have an extra proofmark with the P inside a round circle on the top of barrel?Ī lot of these guns also had the gum wood stocks (like mine) instead of walnut. Does your gun have the characteristic Winchester proof marks on the top of barrel and receiver - I think I can see one on the top of the receiver in one photo. All this is if I read the information correctly. However, the inscription on your barrel is characteristic of a late model '06 and was frequently used by Winchester to rebarrel earlier 1906 guns sent to them for repair. If that is correct, then the year of manufacture range is about 1908 - 1914. In looking at your gun, the tang inscription seems to fit the serial number range 110,00 - 450,000 according to Ned Schwing's book on those guns. If I remember correctly, they used model 1890 receivers for the first couple of years then in August of 1908 when the guns were converted to handle shorts, longs, and long rifles, they started stamping them with the letter B. I have one made in 1908 that has the letter A stamped with the serial numbers on the receiver - mine was chambered for short only.
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