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Old July 6, 2013, 10:30 AM   #8
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In "The Winchester Book" by Madis, he shows several examples of older Winchesters that had the serial numbers removed at the factory during refinishing, they were marked with a "W" at times. It didnt seem to be all that uncommon judging from the way he discussed it.

As was mentioned, serial numbers werent required before 1968. I sure wouldnt have a cow from comments online. I know one guy that had an 1886 Winchester that had the serial number missing, he sent the lower tang (the part with the number on early 86's) to the state crime lab to have the number raised, as it may have been in the range and came from the area of the Johnson County War, but it wasn't in fact one of the guns known to be there, or of the exact time range. The state didnt care about the gun regarding the serial number in any event.

Rather than destroying what may be an interesting and possibly valuable gun from an anonymous suggestion online, it may be interesting to a collector because it is a factory marked gun with no number, done in a way recognised by collectors.
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