interesting photo of early follower rods for comp springs

[RCS]

My photos show the early follower rods that were used with the comp spring.


Anyone notice anything different ?

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[Doco overboard]

The scalloped cut at the end of the arm (non working side, or right portion) is different on the second from bottom.
It appears to be machined differently than the others.

[cgroc09]

Bottom one is Winchester

[RCS]

Paul has the correct answer, it is a Winchester follower rod which is quite rare to locate, so rare in fact that copies have been made-up. The fakers use a later flat sided Winchester follower rod and cut-off the rear section and weld a round piece to resemble the early follower rod. Most do not work and jump off the follower arm - also an original Winchester later follower arm is worth about $350 plus in todays market, so not too many are being made into fakes.

Winchester started production in Dec 1940 and used both the keystone spring and comp spring - last know rifle with the keystone & comp spring is serial number 105,845

I did purchase from the CMP auction serial number 100,931 and used an original set of keystone & comp springs on a Winchester follower rod which are pictured.

[jond41403]

Wow you guys are sharp! The only difference I can see at all between the bottom one and the rest is the serrations go all the way to the next angle where the other ones stop a little short from the angle. also appears the Winchester is the thickest one on the C shaped part of the follower rod. At first glance they all look the same to me