I just bought 4 lever action rifles from a fellow. One has me stumped. While I am not a Winchester collector by any standards, I do have the good old internet nowadays to research with.
The one in question is clearly an 1867-1967 Canadian Centennial carbine, complete with all the proper lettering, maple leaves, and octagonal barrel. So far, so good.
But it has a brass plated receiver and brass (plated?) forend cap. I can see someone swapping the forend cap, as it is a simple job. My shooter buddy and I tried to pin down this receiver, but couldn't find any reference to a brass plated receiver on any Canadian Centennial such as the one I have.
Can anyone shed any light on this? My only suggestion or guess is that somebody had it plated after it left the factory. Even that sounds a bit of a far reach.
** I've been educated. These are "short rifles" not "carbines when they have a fore-end cap.