Odd piece I found

**Rick B** · 08-25-2009 09:41 PM

I found this on a Winchester guard a few years ago and thought it was neat. Rick B icon

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**Highly Recommended** · 08-25-2009 09:41 PM

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**Bill Hollinger** · 08-25-2009 09:53 PM

Stamped, no holes in the feet. Hum, could this just be a missed production step?

**Bill Ricca** · 08-26-2009 08:19 AM

It has hard to tell from the pictures, but the bottoms give it an appearance of being machined.

**K. Johnson** · 08-26-2009 09:56 PM

2nd pic, looks like the holes were filled.

**Rick B** · 08-26-2009 10:16 PM

Nope they were not filled in or welded. The final punch of the holes was only a partial as you can see in this picture. Rick B icon

**Rick B** · 08-26-2009 10:18 PM

And Mr. Hollinger you are correct on this part. Rick B icon

**Bill Hollinger** · 08-26-2009 10:20 PM

You mean I got one right???

**bearbadge** · 08-26-2009 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by K. Johnson

2nd pic, looks like the holes were filled.

I'm with you. The camera seems to bring out the hole that was filled particularly in the far leg. I call fake.

**Rick B** · 08-27-2009 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by bearbadge

I'm with you. The camera seems to bring out the hole that was filled particularly in the far leg. I call fake.

In the last photo I posted you can clearly see the punch mark that was done with little pressure when it should have been more to complete the hole. This piece is not a fake nor any reason to fake a flat band to have no holes. Rick B icon

**RCS** · 08-27-2009 06:02 PM

It is not fake, you have to look at the photos and you can see it was not welded

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