Originally Posted by balltownbob
Originally Posted by Blacktail53
This one was a gift from my old elk hunting mentor, just a week or so before he passed on.
He did his own "gun smithing" on it, so it's less that stellar. But it has a PILE of game behind her.
I wanted to bond to the rifle and took it deer hunting. Shot the first legal buck I saw and it did just fine.
Made around 1912, IIRC.
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Not to be a spoilsport but....your rifle appears to be much later than 1912....what's the SN?


656xxx.
The year of manufacture for serial number 656xxx is 1913.
Per: http://oldguns.net/sn_php/winmods.htm
Funny, the date was off by one year on my mdl 70, too. I checked them all years ago and haven't had a reason to revisit since.

BT53
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