Dating a Winchester 1400

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Dating a Winchester 1400

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trapman69	28-May-12 - 12:05 AM ET
whiz white	31-May-12 - 11:19 PM ET
CalvinMD	01-Jun-12 - 01:55 PM ET
WPT	01-Jun-12 - 02:41 PM ET
MisterHappy	04-Jun-12 - 07:56 AM ET
halfmile	04-Jun-12 - 09:23 AM ET

Subject: Dating a Winchester 1400
From: trapman69
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Date: Mon, May 28, 2012 - 12:05 AM ET
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Is there a site I can date a Winchester model 1400 and also tell if it was a trap model? Thanks Tom Reichert

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Subject: Dating a Winchester 1400
From: whiz white
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Date: Thu, May 31, 2012 - 11:19 PM ET
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I can't resist: "I guess you could try Match.com."
Honestly though, someone on here should have some of that info. I have a link to something that may help, and I'll see if I have any luck and, is so, post it here for you.
Whiz

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Subject: Dating a Winchester 1400
From: CalvinMD
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Date: Fri, Jun 01, 2012 - 01:55 PM ET
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Not a bad gun ...I still have my dads from the 70's that bas Sears name on it and a Polychoke type adjuster on the barrel

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Subject: Dating a Winchester 1400
From: WPT
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Date: Fri, Jun 01, 2012 - 02:41 PM ET
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Whiz you and I think to much alike ... lol ... WPT ... (YAC) ...

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Subject: Dating a Winchester 1400
From: MisterHappy
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Date: Mon, Jun 04, 2012 - 07:56 AM ET
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There were several incremantal changes - early guns had a factory rubber recoil pad, a Milled, as opposed to stamped bolt handle, and a fore-end that covered the leading endge of the reciever.
The firt two went away, I'm guessing due to costs, and the wood was changed, likely due to durability- my kid wore out a couple of the old style!
There were a lot of incremantsl internal changes, too. Back in the mid 80's I had the trigger group crack, and I called Winchester for help. Service rep groaned when I told him what I had..."there's been too many changes on that one...I have no clue!"
Damn. then he transferred me to the shop floor. I spoke ot someone that was in a machine-filled area (from the background noise) and he agreed that guessing what was the right part was too tough - so he sent me a complete trigger group, free, saying, "Thanks for shooting winchester!"
So....If it's parts, where in the production run may make a difference, but there's a lot of cross compatability.

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Subject: Dating a Winchester 1400
From: halfmile
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Date: Mon, Jun 04, 2012 - 09:23 AM ET
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Whiz beat me to the punch too.
HM

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