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The rifle matches up closely with the “6 & 7 MILLION WINCHESTER UPDATE” in CCL# 355.

There is hardly any wear on the rifle components and the barrel chamber and rifling look practically unfired. Is it possible that this rifle was never issued?

You can see residual cosmoline on the rifle parts.

Is this the original finish on the receiver & barrel? I wonder because the punch marks on the receiver and barrel do not have any bare metal showing and the receiver feed ramp is finished and has not been polished.

There is a Cowles Manufacturing Type III band on the barrel, but it looks post war based on the position of the “C” stamp and the lighter spot welds on top of the band. Is it possible that this rifle went through a rebuild and a Type II barrel band was replaced with this post war Type III Cowles band?

The Winchester stock that came with this carbine has an Underwood rebuild stamp on it so, if the stock is original to the rife, any rebuild parts would make sense.

I can post more photos of the rifle if there is any interest.

I am not familiar with Winchesters so thanks in advance for any assistance.

Skippy

The receiver on this carbine has the old school “TRADEMARK" below "WINCHESTER".

There isn't much wear on the barrel band - I think my iphone may have over emphasized some of the patina on the band.

The bolt on this rifle is black but the texture looks to be more parkerized than blued - I am unsure though…….. Parked bolts are not supposed to be original.

Does your bolt look like this?

The Winchesters I have seen in person have all been pretty beat up so Winchesters have never been as appealing as the other manufacturers. This carbine is very nice though – I think I have become a Winchester fan. 😊