My New SA/GHS

**browningautorifle** · 03-01-2023 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by SRiverrat11

she said, that's mine.

See? It'll work. Buy her a Thompson next.

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**SRiverrat11** · 03-01-2023 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by browningautorifle

She'll get past that if you buy a couple and tell her they're for her.

I did buy a couple.......I just forgot to tell her they were for her.

**browningautorifle** · 03-01-2023 07:20 PM

Top one's nice, looks like it might be pretty early, grooved handguard clip and forged trigger guard.

**SRiverrat11** · 03-01-2023 07:44 PM

That's the GHS. But I got the 5,82X,XXX a couple days before.

**browningautorifle** · 03-01-2023 07:48 PM

I had an LL GHS, SA 328219 for years. Finally sold it some time ago to a younger collector here. Good thing too, they're now prohibited here.

**SRiverrat11** · 03-01-2023 09:55 PM

I'm wondering about the darker color on the heel of the receiver. It doesn't look normal. Is this whats called annealing or my imagination?

**browningautorifle** · 03-01-2023 10:00 PM

That was called lead pot annealing and you can find discussions about it here in forum. It's not abnormal within certain serial number ranges. Nice color to yours.

**SRiverrat11** · 03-01-2023 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by browningautorifle

That was called lead pot annealing and you can find discussions about it here in forum

I was reading the thread on the Winchester LL and they were talking about that. It made me think about the darker heel on mine. Someone on another site said they saw no sign of annealing, so I didn't know. Thanks Jim

**browningautorifle** · 03-01-2023 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by SRiverrat11

they saw no sign of annealing

That's exactly what that is. How could they see no sign... They held them in the molten lead until the lead wouldn't stick. That was the annealing.

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