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August 22, 2014, 04:04 PM | #1 |
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Winchester Stainless Marine 12g pump
So I have this really cool shotgun - er well my WIFE inherited this really cool shotgun and it has her dads name engraved across the left side of the receiver. Should I be looking for a receiver to replace it? I don't want the value of it to suffer if or when it gets a new owner.
Will a picture help? If anyone has any resources for that type of gun part, or ideas to address it, I would be really interested. Thanks!
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August 22, 2014, 04:41 PM | #2 |
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Why would you want to part with something like that? It must have some sentimental value.
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August 22, 2014, 04:51 PM | #3 |
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Like JWT say's why part with the gun. It is something to pass down to your kids or someone else in the family.
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August 22, 2014, 04:51 PM | #4 |
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I agree, it's her fathers, You should keep it on there. It is hers after all.
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August 22, 2014, 07:18 PM | #5 |
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If I had a gun with anybody's name scrawled on it I would have to refinish it if possible or it would have to go. I don't know who started that stupid idea but they should be shot.
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August 22, 2014, 07:40 PM | #7 |
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But, to answer OP's question, a "new receiver" would be considered the same as a firearm under Federal law, so it is doubtful that you would find one for sale from Winchester direct to you.
Your best option if you absolutely have to do away with the name, would be to find a junker or incomplete gun that had a an intact receiver. However, I agree with the other posters who said keep it as a remembrance. It did belong to your wife's father; Don't make a big deal out of it. BTW: The receivers are not stainless steel; They are silver anodized aluminum.
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August 22, 2014, 07:52 PM | #8 |
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Just keep it.
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August 22, 2014, 08:16 PM | #9 |
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What is the serial number?..or first four at least.
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August 22, 2014, 08:27 PM | #10 |
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Hahahaa...
You guys don't know me well enough to know that I don't get rid of guns! But I am mere flesh and the gun is steel. The heirs who would remember the man whose name is inscribed are thin and must be found worthy to inherit it. Whats more is that my wife might want to liquidate my collection and hers as well. To that I say more $$ is better!! I thought is was worth asking the question and I appreciate the responses!
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August 22, 2014, 08:31 PM | #11 |
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August 23, 2014, 01:51 AM | #12 |
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If it is solid stainless, a good gunsmith could get it off, but it might cost more than the gun is worth. For sure the value is greatly reduced with that on it. I had a friend who inherited a Model 12 his Grandfather had done that to, and he had it removed and in fact had the whole gun refinished. You would never know it had a mark on it now.
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The store I worked at in Miami in the 80s was an authorized Winchester dealer, and we sold plenty of the these to boaters, as there were quite a few incidents of modern day "piracy" in the Bahamas.
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I couldn't remember if they were stainless or not, and I missed your comment. Mossberg and Remington have made marine guns too and they were all different. A buddy used to carry one for sharks off NC, but I thought it was massive overkill.
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1) Tear Gas - to be shot into the cabin or wheel house of offending vessel 2) Buckshot - to hose down the emerging pirates on deck 3) Slugs - to put holes in the hull below the waterline I don't know if there is a shelf life on tear gas, but I have the box the Mounties gave him...for wsttf or the the zombie pockyclipse...
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Boaters in the Bahamas would encounter a boat that was supposedly "dead in the water" asking for help. While distracted by the person in the "disabled" boat, the accomplices would silently board one's boat from the opposite side and commence to rob, loot, and even rape and kill. Afterwards, they would either sink the boat to destroy evidence or take it back to one of the more remote islands in the Bahamas and repaint, etc., to disguise it. This is why the stainless Winchesters sold like hotcakes at the time. One of my customers brought to me for cleaning a nice little Colt .32 auto that had been purchased in London from Harrods (and so marked) but had been exposed to salt spray and had pepper marks on it. He was out on his cabin cruiser in the Florida Straits (in international waters) when he was accosted by a Cuban gunboat. The Cubans held them hostage for a week, took all their food, water and medical supplies, allegedly raped a couple of the women and, ironically, threw the Colt into a towed dinghy before they left. And all of this in INTERNATIONAL waters.
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Could you just have the whole receiver "stippled" to cover it up -sort of like turning an ex-girlfriend's name tattooed on your arm, into a skull? |
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August 25, 2014, 06:10 PM | #19 |
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Divorce!??! No I am talking about me croaking off!!
After all the responses.... I think I will join the pirates in Morrocco...
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Ahhhhh, ye olde worm food contingency plan.... Hmmm, that makes sense. Man I dunno. Maybe try to find a guy with the same name and sell it to him. I'm a big help, huh?
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August 25, 2014, 08:01 PM | #21 |
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You can have the action re anodized after having the engraving removed.
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Yeah, but then people would think you were the one with no taste.
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August 26, 2014, 08:45 AM | #24 |
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Tru dat!
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August 26, 2014, 09:38 PM | #25 |
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"Perhaps I should just change my name to fit."
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