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peacem8ker · April 18, 2009, 05:29 PM

Browsing at a show, I found pretty little winchester offered. It had strong clear lettering on the barrel, from which I clearly recall it being called a winchester (model) 06. It was a 22 rifle and I found the serial number twice on the underside of the receiver (body and trigger assembly had matching numbers). I did not think to look for either a serial number on the barrel nor for make and model on the receiver. But since the potential seller did not know when the rifle had been made and I had yet to do any research on this gun, I just noted things down and came home to look it up.

So the question is sort of "is this anything" because when I tried to get an estimation of the date of manufacture, I could not find a model 06 semiauto. I am sure it was not a pump like the model 06 about which information can be readily found -- and yet also certain that the barrel model identifier was "06." The obvious answer is that the gun has been re-barreled, which would make sense of the discrepancy in wear between the barrel and receiver engravings (clear winchester model and corporation information versus worn serial numbers) that I only noticed in thinking back about it afterwards.

I would appreciate any expert commentary on the model 06 (pump but never semiautomatic?) and opinions on whether I should bother the potential seller with this information (perhaps he would honestly want to know if the gun is not all original?).

April 18, 2009, 05:29 PM	#1
peacem8ker Junior Member Join Date: April 18, 2009 Posts: 1	winchester model 06 semiauto 22 rifle Browsing at a show, I found pretty little winchester offered. It had strong clear lettering on the barrel, from which I clearly recall it being called a winchester (model) 06. It was a 22 rifle and I found the serial number twice on the underside of the receiver (body and trigger assembly had matching numbers). I did not think to look for either a serial number on the barrel nor for make and model on the receiver. But since the potential seller did not know when the rifle had been made and I had yet to do any research on this gun, I just noted things down and came home to look it up. So the question is sort of "is this anything" because when I tried to get an estimation of the date of manufacture, I could not find a model 06 semiauto. I am sure it was not a pump like the model 06 about which information can be readily found -- and yet also certain that the barrel model identifier was "06." The obvious answer is that the gun has been re-barreled, which would make sense of the discrepancy in wear between the barrel and receiver engravings (clear winchester model and corporation information versus worn serial numbers) that I only noticed in thinking back about it afterwards. I would appreciate any expert commentary on the model 06 (pump but never semiautomatic?) and opinions on whether I should bother the potential seller with this information (perhaps he would honestly want to know if the gun is not all original?).