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I think this is a great question, my understanding is they were very accommodating to their dealers and customers. My understanding is that they might freshen a gun up then re-sell it, possibly at normal pricing. Sometimes it was a matter of up grading, probably happened when the customer was not satisfied, their goal being customer satisfaction.
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More likely- The original dealer didn’t sell the gun and it was removed from inventory and went back to the factory and eventually was used to fill another order
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07-13-2020, 08:36 AM | #5 | ||||||
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Have a SB grade SBT that letters to Winchester Repeating Arms and later returned for credit...
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Did Winchester make a SBT that they wanted to compare to a Parker SBT?
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It likely was the simple case of retailers returning guns that were hanging around in inventory and not selling. Then Parker would move them to another outlet or sell directly. I am sure that if the guns needed any sort of cosmetic attention, that they would clean them up to maintain a new appearance.
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07-13-2020, 12:25 PM | #10 | ||||||
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Those interested may wish to read George Purtill's and Daniel L. Shuey's article "Winchester Repeating Arme Co. Test Bank Parkers" found in Parker Pages 2013 Issue 1 - or Dean Romig's article "Shot to Destruction!" found in Parker Pages 2015, Issue 2 (though this article is only 'circumstantial evidence' supported by a PGCA Research Letter).
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