1907 Winchester Special Police

[351 WINCHESTER]

I am talking about the one with the bayonet lug and fixed sights. Someone put on up on gunbroker briefly and I thought it was fake as the serial number was 49xxx which would put it out of the production years which were 1937 or so and production was very short (about 2 years) from what I have been able to find. The gun looked right except for the date of manufacture and the guy had been told that the gun was legit in every way by a Winchester expert in Cody. I recall seeing the barrel attachment for the bayonet for sale on ebay of all places some years back so I don't think it would be that hard to modify the barrel to take the lug.

This is the first one I have seen for sale and I would appreciate input as to the possibility of this gun being original just to put this matter at rest.

 

[Jim K]

Does he have a Winchester letter saying what the "expert" told him? If not, I would strongly suggest someone get one before any deals are made. Otherwise, it's just "so-and-so said that so-and-so said".

However, special models were often made up to order. The 1907 was made for some 50 years, and with Winchester, custom features could be ordered almost any time.

Jim

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

The owner claimed to have a letter from on of the founders of Cody Firearms Museum as Winchester lost a lot of their records in a fire sometime ago. He should have posted it on gunbroker, but since he did not I suspect the gun is a fake. I will go on to state that if someone requested a gun and was willing to pay I have no doubt that Winchester would have made it anyway he wanted it. He got a lot of nasty emails from bidders who wanted the gun as he pulled it off the auction. We may never know the full story.