I picked up a Rear sight that was being sold as a 22G, turned out is was not, I suspect its a Winchester 94 mislabeled it would not fit in the dovetail. Yeah, not sure why the prior owner let it degrade so much, guess the uneven recoil didn’t bother him. You’re sure right about needing a new pad!!! It doesn’t matter which you choose, as it will have no effect one way or the other on the rifle’s value. In any event, nobody’s going to mistake it for factory work, so just go with what you like best. The Glazan pads “corrected” that error and read June 6,1922. The Winchester pads have the patent date written June 6,1922 (no after the comma). If you decide to go with the red pad, do note that the Galzan reproduction sold through Brownell’s has a minor “typo”.
RECOIL PAD WINCHESTER MODEL 25 SERIAL
I’ve seen two such examples, both with low 4-digit serial numbers. In fact a few of the earliest M70 375 MAGNUMs had NOSHOC pads on them that were so marked. I suspect that Winchester subcontracted the manufacture of the Winchester marked solid red pads to Seamless Rubber Company, as they appear to be identical to the contemporary NOSHOC pads.
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As it happens, that patent was awarded to the “Seamless Rubber Company” of New Haven, which made the “NOSHOC” pad. Those are the ones with the Jpatent date. Your rifle has an aftermarket Pachmayr white line pad, probably from the ’50s or ’60s.įWIW… The “solid” red Winchester pad would have been the one used by the factory in 1948. In 1948 the only M70’s with factory recoil pads were those chambered in 375 MAGNUM.
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