Winchester Late First Block

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Hey guys. Thanks for the kind words. I literally have been looking under every rock to find nice original carbines. They have been extremely hard to find. Glad to finally have something additional to contribute to the board.

Charlie, the extractor is marked internally with a W. There is however a circular machine mark on top and the extractor appears to be in the white. My early 5.5 Winchester has the identical mark on it's extractor. The hammer is marked with a W on the left side. NL 336-8 shows the straight hammer (non M-2) to be a type 4. Riesch has it as a type 3. According the the NL, this style of hammer was reported from 118XXXX-1347990. Per same reference the SW safety was reported from 12537XX-1347990 with EW from 1331223-1335452.

The stock is internally marked with a W on the bridge. There are no markings on the right flat. regarding the band, the weld marks are very hard to see. I believe there are 3 very faint weld marks. The patina does not help matters. Heres a few more pics taken indoors with bright light vs the above outside photos.