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In addition it gave me self confidence that my early Product 1892 also has the right evidence markings for its age ie none. Quite interesting details within the manufacturing facility letters concerning the export of rifles to Australia and the prerequisite with the 22 calibre rifles currently being proofed and marked; incredible exactly how much believability the Winchester title carried when a phrase the likes of “our Winchester proofing is a lot more stringent than the British” carried the day and glad the needs on the Australian Federal government. Quite a few due to all who contributed to this thread!
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I picked up on an more mature subject/write-up where others which have stated that a barrel getting the “Oval P” might have been equipped by Winchester:
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Thank you Bert for the additional information. I wasnt aware that both equally the barrel and receiver were struck Together with the “WP” from the inception of utilizing the “WP” evidence, nor the “Oval P” didnt surface until 1908.
An important notable advancement over the Henry was the addition of the Nelson King’s patented cartridge loading gate procedure which allowed for just a closed journal tube and a wood forend. The Design 1866 fired the same .
If a re-barreling purchase arrived in in afterwards decades for your barrel inside of a discontinued production caliber, production , take down of the present operate or active routine could not be justified with the sake of a a single off piece arrange, creating the buy impractical , Except if an aged inventory element was however in inventory , like in mail get Office, Using the included good thing about finding compensated for an obsolete merchandise in lieu of taking over House And at last scrapping
Even though there happen to be some plausible theories presented below and elsewhere we may well never ever know the answer to the first query with regards to the receiver with the two marks demonstrated within a prior post. Depending on other replacement barrels I've witnessed which incorporate both the WP and mail order P and a statement from the former Winchester staff that indicated they DID use some mail get parts when rebarreling rifles returned for Hunting apparel service I believe that it is a substitution receiver which was mounted and proofed at Winchester as well as the mail order proof was also additional to easily indicate it was not the initial receiver. That is just my feeling/guess. Hope that can help.
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For the best of my understanding, for those who find a pre-1905 Winchester by using a “WP” evidence on the barrel, but not around the receiver, any person other than Winchester swapped the barrel.