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Original keystone and comp springs sell for around 4K

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send me your email address and I will send a few photos

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Just make sure you have something really nice before spending alot of money, i have restored a number1941 era Winchesters. I bought a really nice three...

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You would need a WRA RS stock, does your receiver have anneal color ? original dark finish or something like that and do you want to invest another 3K...

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are you interested in this kind of stock because the vale is around 3K to 4K depending on cond & cartouche,solid WRA butt plate another 1K. Now what...

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Actually you forgot the first Winchester handguard clip, also milled but without the two holes starts with the E.O. rifles

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Are you just talking or do you have the money to spend ?...

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There was military cutaway found in Hawaii in 1945. It was an early gas trap rifle. These early rifles had a different design gas cylinder and shorter...

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I once found a nice I.P. marked carbine stock among some old M1 rifle stocks, The I.P. stock was warped at the front end. I placed the stock in a wallpaper...

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In todays world, you could never restore that receiver even if you spent almost another 12K, Certain parts are almost out of reach or just not avai...

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which brings on another question: where WW2 rear hand guard bands all gray parkerized or where some black color during this period ?

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very early SA and WRA do not have the holes on each side, they have a groove and are milled. SA has a drawing number inside with variations on early...

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there have been examples of Winchester solid butt plates with a drawing number and W.R.A. marked inside which are fake

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Last WRA RS stock that I saw for sale was $3500.00 with a nice cartouche but the was converted to use the trapdoor butt plate.

WRA RS stocks...

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I do not recall the steel sole in the black leather combat boots ? only the Viet Nam issue canvas boots which were not authorized stateside

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Johnson serial number R13 (rotary magazine ) was in the midwest before going to Ariz, marked Taft Pearson a few years ago. They also had the box magazine...

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Hatcher had the slide and follower modified for the National Matches in 1940

Winchester and Springfield did not have the best relationship...

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I found a pair of black combat boots that my father had stored in a closet. never been worn or laced up, soles are new ! they are dated 1962 last year...

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Surprised that there were not questions about the two rifles on the cover photo ?

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If your looking for detailed information on the early Educational Order Winchesters and later variations from 1941, I would advise you to check www.m...