three digit gas trap on Julia Auction

[Bob Seijas]

They were used but nice. When SA finally changed to Gas Port, every machinist had a Gas Trap barrel in his tool box as a PRY BAR... they were mostly take-offs.

One that I bought from Burt was marked WRA... Winchester never made Gas Traps, so either it's a fake or a trial piece from the earliest contract days.

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[browningautorifle]

They were used but nice.

Makes sense for take offs. They'd be good rifles sent in for re-build I guess.

[RCS]

In 1987, I did install a like new gas trap barrel D-28286 B-1 in serial number 23025 (I keep a log of all barrel installations/removed) bet the owner thinks it is original now !

Last gas trap barrel that I traded for was in Carson City in 2002, traded some wood and cash, barrel had a T.E. of just over 3.0 nice bore too

[browningautorifle]

bet the owner thinks it is original now !

Like many of the things we've sorted out over the decades, with time they become original and a scarce variation...

[Bob Seijas]

Yeah, that's the standard drill... a guy makes something "just to have a representative piece" and eventually sells it with full disclosure. The new owner may or may not resell it as a reconstruction, but the next guy calls it original, and it is "original" from then on.

[RCS]

Also a check of the serial number 23025 will show the receiver was among a group imported in the early 1980's. Collectors should do all the homework possible before the
purchase of any complete gas trap