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1873 question #17851863 11/29/22
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,235 Likes: 2 Winchester ID K kenster99 OP Campfire Tracker
OP kenster99 Campfire Tracker K Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,235 Likes: 2 Winchester ID	Found a pretty clean 1873 in 44-40, dates to 1898. Behind serial #, there is a R4 stamped. Lighter stamp than serial number. Any idea as to what this is ? Thanks

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Re: 1873 question kenster99 #17852074 11/29/22
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,632 Likes: 30 Bozeman, MT shrapnel Campfire Ranger
shrapnel Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,632 Likes: 30 Bozeman, MT	It should just be a single A or B. Other than that, it was probably applied after it left the factory, making it a rack number or a similar number denoting what a person or business could have applied with their own method of identification…

Re: 1873 question kenster99 #17852372 11/29/22
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,235 Likes: 2 Winchester ID K kenster99 OP Campfire Tracker
OP kenster99 Campfire Tracker K Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,235 Likes: 2 Winchester ID	Thanks shrapnel .

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