Quote Originally Posted by tenOC View Post
His Quality would not have had a Winchester group, nor trigger housing from Winchester. What you've posted isn't the accurate way to say it and will lead to more rumors passed by uninformed people.
Most makers had parts subcontracted by companies who coded them for use for the specific makers. For instance you will see codes on Quality Carbines like Q-NL, NL-Q, Q-TX, DA-Q, J-Q, Q-J, Q, Q-GE, GE-Q, etc.. NOTE THE Q. Barrels installed on receivers from a different maker will have the proof mark matching the producer of the receiver who assembled it. In the case of Quality the proof P has a very short stem, which is easily IDed. You can't just have any parts installed on a Carbine and it be corrrect nor original.
My early quality has a Winchester barrel with Quality proof P, while Winchester never used the P. So any Winchester barrel on a Quality without one is not correct.
The barrel on my Quality has "Rock-ola" but it also has a "P" proof mark that appears to be about 1/8" high. The trigger group only has "W"'s so would that be from some sub-contractor who coded it for Winchester but sent it to Quality?