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Thanx Johnny, Odd Job, and everyone else for the help. I'll check out the link and find a show. Really appreciate it !

A lot of boxes of brass cases too, also old boxes. Lots of boxes of bullets, mostly vintage boxes there too. Johnnyc ? How do I find out about the show in Ohio ? Maybe it would be worth the trip ?

Some more.

I have a few old ones displayed too, but this lot is way too big to display all. Think I'll keep a few and sell the rest when I get an idea what I'm doing. Thanx for all the help so far. Here are some pics if that helps.

I'm in Kentucky for a while. Thanks for the link, I'll get into soon as I get a few minutes. I'll try to post some pictures next week if that will help. Thanx !

Well here I am again asking advice from anyone who knows more about this than me. I have recently and accidentally fallen upon a bunch of old ammo. I got a pretty fair deal and was going to sell it on my tables at the gun shows. But after picking it up I see that almost all of it is in Vintage...

It's buried deep in a safe. I'll try to get some pics up in a few days. The normal place for a serial number is blank. It has a letter and 3 numbers STAMPED in another place. The previous owner told me that his friend at Winchester told him before he died that the letter was for a particular...

I'm looking for anyone who might know how the whole prototype procedure worked back then, any info I can get that may help me on this rifle. Yhanx again !

I have an 1886 Winchester prototype in 45-70. Got it from 3rd owner. It was in a museum that closed, then a Mexican ranch, then to a collector, then to me. He knew the history and wrote it all out for me. It has a few oddities unusual to a production 86 rifle but I just assumed that was because...

Well the cast comes of my foot Wednesday. Guess I have to wait till then to get into the shop. Sorry to take so long to get back to ya'll. Thanx for the help so far. Will do my first Cerrosafe this coming week I figure.

Good info, that should help. I wouldn't have thought to heat the barrel first. Thanx.

Cerrosafe made it to the mailbox today. Should have some info by this weekend if the Doctor takes the cast off so I can walk. Anybody have any suggestions on what to melt this stuff into ? Pour it out of ? ETC ? One friend said use an old metal soup can, is this cool enough to handle with...

P.S. Guess I gotta eventually get this barrel right for Hollywood. It's clearly been cut before, but it's longer than carbine length. Any one know off hand what the original Trapdoor Carbine barrel length was ?

Still waiting on the Cerrosafe. Promise not to throw it away. Here are some trapdoor pics for any ones discernment. Maybe you'll have an idea. If you look close you'll see there are 2 close lines circling the barrel between the rear sight and the breech. I don't recall ever seeing this on a...

HHMMM, I should have been more specific ! I meant I figured out how to put a PICTURE on my profile. Still waiting on the cerrosafe for the rifle. LOL. I'll give more details next time.

Hey!!! I figured it out !

A Texas friend (And good customer) of mine offered to educate me on cerrosafing today. he also suggested that this may be a 44-77 or a 43 Spanish. Got a little delayed in my progress by doctors today, but I'll be back on it soon. Looking forward to reporting soon as I can. So, it looks like I...

That's a whole lot of good ideas ! I don't know why I haven't already thought of hanging something on the saddle ring myself. Seems like such a simple solution. The rear sight is easily replaceable, so that might be a good way to go too. I like the idea of no permanent marking on the rifle. I'd...

I've been brainstorming on it already. Not sure yet but I need to think of something. I wonder if I can get a Cody letter on this one, and what the caliber on the letter would say ? Any ideas on a good way to mark it without hurting the value are welcome ! Under the sight sounds good but no...

Pretty sure it's not a re-bore. Looks like it hasn't had 2 boxes of ammo thru it. Made in the 80's. I figure the first owner couldn't hit anything with it and that's why I ended up with it cheap. Anybody's guess why it's mis marked. They made the trapper in 32 cal. too. Probably side by side...