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. At my R&G club the other night, a member gave me Shooting Times mag., Oct. 2013, pg.60, about a 99B, 32-40, #180,931, from Southern Ontario. .Pictures shown...
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. An elderly woman brought it to a gun dealer. Belonged to her late husband. Has a 26" Oct., strait stock w/ perch belly. Crescent butt. Rear sight #15. Pitting & a nasty scratch.
Bluing faded. "NO" D&T, swivels, compass, or initials.
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. Info in target shooting for the round & reloading.
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. Wunderin if any of U saw it. .. 99 LL ..
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That seems like a very, very, very late 32-40 to me. Could be though.
The letter would be interesting.
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass"
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1915... still some in the Winchester calibers being produced.
Savage...never say "never".
Rick...
Join the NRA...together we stand, divided we fall!
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1915... still some in the Winchester calibers being produced. OK: for some reason I was thinking it was more like 1918  
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass"
~Admiral Yamamoto~
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson~
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I get the magazine, and have read the article. Looked like a pretty neat 99.
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A friend gave me the article to read. Sounds like someone got a wild hair and did a few things to a 99.
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I just bought 1899 C 38-55 #187918 (1917). From the records on these calibers I have been keeping I think there was a parts clean up about that time. There seems to have been a spike in production of the three Winchester calibers.
This would have been about the time the USA entered WW1.
The barrel lettering on this 38-55 C is
187918 1899 C 38-55 24 � barrel (cut from 26 inches) 1917
Matching numbers on forearm, buttstock and buttplate
Barrel style #2 (usually 38,000 � 115,000 ????)(??? Late parts gun??)
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RS: Chas. Daniels PAT JULY 25, 05
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