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I'm trying to date an old shotgun my dad gave me. It is a Winchester 1897. It has a "C" over the serial number and the number seems to start with an L "L06750" Directly on top of the barrel, right at the receiver it just has the number "12" and on around the barrel on the left side it has "Full" stamped in very small letters. It also has a list of patent dates on the top of the barrel and the last date is June 14. 98 Thanks WAR EAGLE!! | ||
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need more information like how much blueing is left , is it rusted, pitted? how is the condition of the wood?how is the bore? is it a 12 or 16? or go to gun broker.com look for similar guns in the condition yours is in. i hope this helps. | |||
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Take it slowly... ask her to join you for a coffee and bagel... just let her know you are interested in her.... without being obsessive... offer to take her hunting. If she is a Winchester like the ones I have come to know, she loves hunting!!!  Uh... that's not what you meant...is it?  Seriously, this is from the History Timeline from the Whinchester Website. At the bottom of the page it reads:
I would hope they could help you. ______________________________ Well, they really aren't debates... more like horse and pony shows... without the pony... just the whores. 1955, Top tax rate, 92%... unemployment, 4%. "Beware of the Free Market. There are only two ways you can make that work. Either you bring the world's standard of living up to match ours, or lower ours to meet their's. You know which way it will go." by My Great Grandfather, 1960 Protection for Monsanto is Persecution of Farmers. | |||
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I don't want to sell it. It is only worth what someone will pay for it is the way things go for me. I found out, using the serial number (the "L" is a incomplete "1"), that it was made in 1900. It had been in a cabinet in the garage! Needless to say, I have brought it inside and am considering having a gunsmith clean it up a bit. Nothing major. Mike, how do you get creamcheese out of a shotgun receiver???  I hate it when that happens!  WAR EAGLE!! | |||
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It sounds like the date went well!!!. It's a match made in heaven!!!  ______________________________ Well, they really aren't debates... more like horse and pony shows... without the pony... just the whores. 1955, Top tax rate, 92%... unemployment, 4%. "Beware of the Free Market. There are only two ways you can make that work. Either you bring the world's standard of living up to match ours, or lower ours to meet their's. You know which way it will go." by My Great Grandfather, 1960 Protection for Monsanto is Persecution of Farmers. | |||
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