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Chris..speaking of late war WRA's...I wish mine would clean up so nice, perhaps id keep it..beauties! More collectable than earlier carbines?
Andy
Very nice collection. :super:
I too, like bringing mine out for a breather from time to time. Last summer I was honored to loan out seven of mine for a 21 gun salute at the funeral of a marine who had been decorated at Saipan.
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Not all mine. Only two are. Like I said, a family reunion.
Andy, I'm confident that, with a little work, yours could look as nice.
Chris,
Are you going to post how close of a reunion the first two are or save it for a NL article?
Chris did not want to tell you, but I refinished all of those carbines last week, I parkerize what needs to be parked and blue the rest. The dark blue WRA bolts is a sure sign of my work.( The real ones are gray parked you know.) One of the hardest things is to get right is the park on the recoil plate close to the receiver color. I have found that leaving the recoil plate in the solution exactly half the time the receiver is in works just fine. You can see the results here. I put five coats of True-Oil on the stocks then buffed them with steel wool for that "real GI" look. The big question is... "How many of these have E.W. flip safeties?" Oh that's right, I am suposed to know that. I worked on them. I don't remember. Well got to get back to my shop. I have a dozen original EPB push safeties I just cranked out ready to go to Riverbank.
You're killing me Bubba.... :lol:
The king has no clothes!
Dream on:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubba-7
Very nice Chris. Proud to say I've seen at least two of them in person. Now that you've pointed it out to me, the gray paint on the rear sight really stands out. No finer, late example Winchester carbines exist anywhere.
Glad you and Roger made it home safely. Really enjoyed your visit. Best regards,
David
Roger's just ribbing me.
At this point there is not enough new information to write a Carbine Club newsletter article beyond what is already written about them (NL 196, 337, 348). The two carbines in the first photo are out of a wooden crate of ten carbines that a well known dealer was selling back in the late 1980s through early 1990s. The serial numbers of the ten carbines were stenciled in the side of the crate. All of the carbines were of Winchester manufacture and had very late features. Their condition was like new. The carbines were never accepted by the Government and do not have the cross cannon stamp on the right side of the stock.
My theory is that the carbines came from the Winchester Museum in 1975 when the collection was being loaned to the Cody Museum. The Winchester collection was subsequently donated to Cody in 1988. There is evidence that the museum sent some carbines back over to Winchester to be sold (NL 97). This crate may have been part of that inventory.
The last two carbines and the crate were purchased in 1991 by a collector. He was able to purchase two more of the box of ten, for a total of four. After owning the carbines and crate for fifteen years, he sold the crate and three carbines separately. He still owns one. Brian and I each own one. Ours were not ones that the collector had. I have been unable to track down the crate or the other seven carbines. They are out there somewhere.
So you see, the two carbines in the first photo may well have been sitting next to each other in the same crate for many years. And on a Spring day in March of 2009, they were rejoined for this family photo.
I was told I had not posted lately and the forum was getting too serious. So I used the fresh looking carbines to make up a post that was not too hard to believe if you did not know better.
I really like the part about the bolts. Now that was funny.
Take care Chris.
I can think of no better honor or use for your weapons. We lose 1,100 WWII vets a day across America. I served on Honor Guard duties from time to time and I value the sacrifice of all those who gave the ultimate gift. However, when you look into the eyes of a WWII widow I can always see the story of a time long ago when everything was on the line and our WWII service men and women gave a gift we can never repay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Faulkner
Between 2000 and 3000 a day now. I just read that in our local fish wrap. Every day there are a minimum of three sometimes as many as six or seven just in Bakersfield alone. Times that by how many cities that size and you can see from where that figure comes.
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Originally Posted by Bubba-7
I think most of us 'got it' and the part about the bolts was funny. :D
You're the 'King of the Bubba's' -
Funny thing is that some of the funny posts you left when you were incognito were not too far from some of the things real 'bubbas' have done!