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Pathfinder45 · January 24, 2013, 02:07 AM

Mine was made during WWII. Sometime later they changed the hammer from checkered to serrated around '48to '50, I think, to speed production or reduce costs. Shortly thereafter they changed from long-wood to shortwood forearms. Old Winchesters have a grace and poise that the new ones don't quite get.

January 24, 2013, 02:07 AM	#31
Pathfinder45 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2008 Posts: 3,224	War-time..... Mine was made during WWII. Sometime later they changed the hammer from checkered to serrated around '48to '50, I think, to speed production or reduce costs. Shortly thereafter they changed from long-wood to shortwood forearms. Old Winchesters have a grace and poise that the new ones don't quite get.