A Very Interesting Day

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damn! talk about vultures picking parts quickly! I never got a chance! Not fair not fair!!!

Seriously, other than the parts you already listed, were there any interestingly marked pieces that were rare?

Hope the cash for the parts made the old man happy...

I think it made him happy. He obviously was concerned because he initially would not bring the carbine into the shop, hence the private meeting at a store parking lot. I really think he's glad it's been resolved.

Regarding the parts, no real surprises as everything was Winchester. Would have liked to have known the serial number but it had been totally obliterated. The name Winchester was clearly visible. The lack of a W marking on the barrel would indicate a later number. The "EW" push safety as well as the short channel stock factory cut for M2 parts was interesting. Also most of the 7.2 range carbines have a type 2 rear sight and this one was type 3 with an H in a shield possibly indicating a 6.5 range. It also had a round blue bolt and a thumbnail front sight with a blue pin showing white metal around the pin hole almost as if the sight had been recently installed. The finish was mostly a light translucent gray being very thin in places. The large W marking in the channel of the handguard was also very interesting as was the W on the ledge of the inner receiver area of the stock. Typical of late Winchesters it was built like a tank, rough as a cob but tough as nails.

One final note. The "Winchester" logo was partially obscured under the rear sight like my 6.5 and unlike my 7.2 which is fully visible.

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It's all getting to be a bit of a problem Marcus/David. I've bought 3 x M1's lately and all the internals have been M2, except there was no selector switch. Must have been some persons way of "legalising" them ? Mike.

This one was obviously removed in an attempt to hide the fact it's an M2. But with the grinding of the serial number and receiver ring the point was moot.

I really like the late era M2 parts. They represent the "final" refinements and appear to be overbuilt. If I were to have to use my carbines, it would be one of the late Winchesters. It sure would be nice not to have to worry about an M2 receiver in NZ. Cheers Mikey.