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Mar 11th, 2022 at 7:41pm
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A friend has asked me to post this information about a HiWall he has acquired --  It is chambered for 32-20 and so marked.

The serial # is 11660, and looks all "factory" except that the bore diameter is over-size.   On the bottom of the barrel it bears extra stampings, "60928". "Order No", and "JPP"

The groove diameter is 0.326", and is rifled with 8 grooves, leaving very narrow lands.  Has anyone encountered something like this?   Speculations?

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Reply #1 - Mar 11th, 2022 at 7:51pm
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Is there any possibility that the rifle was bored for the European trade so as to use "8mm bullets"??
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Re: strange re-bore?
Reply #2 - Mar 11th, 2022 at 8:24pm
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You might make a chamber cast, 'cause it could be a 32 Ideal, but that's just a guess.
  
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Reply #3 - Mar 11th, 2022 at 9:35pm
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The “J. P. P.” stamp you found under the forearm stands for James P. Parker, Winchester’s barrel specialist in the late-19th through early-20th centuries - i.e., Winchester’s "answer" to Stevens’s Fred Ross.

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Reply #4 - Mar 12th, 2022 at 12:24am
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I have a Maynard 32-20, 16 twist that measures .318. Oddballs are out there.
  
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Reply #5 - Mar 12th, 2022 at 6:53am
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MrTipUp wrote on Mar 11th, 2022 at 9:35pm:
The “J. P. P.” stamp you found under the forearm stands for James P. Parker, Winchester’s barrel specialist in the late-19th through early-20th centuries - i.e., Winchester’s "answer" to Stevens’s Fred Ross.

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BILL:
Thanks a bunch!  Just the sort of information we were looking for.  Now it remains to discover some means of making it shoot.   Lots of options occur to me.
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Reply #6 - Mar 13th, 2022 at 12:41am
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Do a chamber cast and see if it isn't. 32 Ideal,the bore is the right size for that cartridge. 
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