Winchester 1907 stainless barrel

Sure it is marked "Stainless Steel" and not "Nickel Steel"? The latter marking was standard after about #7100 (late 1907).

Jim

Your auction number doesn't work.

Here is a link to the actual auction, and it looks orginial, and it does say Stainless Steel on it.

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/574131035

It has to be a later gun, or at least a later barrel, as I didn't think Winchester ever used stainless barrels until they brought out the .220 Swift in 1935.

But they didn't even use stainless barrels on them until several years later.

rc

Around #7100, Winchester started to mark their 07 barrels "Nickel Steel" but I believe they used the "Stainless Steel" marking much later, possibly post-WWII. If that is the case, the barrel is certainly a replacement, not odd since those guns were made up to 1957 and parts replacement (including barrels) was common.

Jim

That is a odd looking factory marking. I wonder how they blued the barrel?

Stainless steel can be blued. One way, which Winchester did use, is to iron plate it then blue the iron.

Jim

+1
Iron plated, then blued is the way they did all the Model 70 .220 Swift barrels.

rc

All true that, then they used an electric pencil to mark it.

351 winchester stainless steel barrel

Read about your rifle ! I purchased a 1894 ( short rifle ) in a 25/35 at a gun show here in Wisc , bought it as a eastern carbine , but found out from a old Winchester guru , it's forearm measured 8 3/8 " several other things it had going for it qualified it to be called a short rifle , any way it to has a barrel marketed stainless steel ! He says was rebarreled at the factory ! Had the proof marks , researched it on line found out Winchester made like 60k of these but never were hot sellers ! So they dropped the price and unloaded them like mine is circa 1905 . So there are a few out there . Hope it helps and it is a real shooter !
The man didn't know what he was selling and I didn't know what I was buying ! Once again , a room full of opinions and I love it ! Have fun with your rifle !