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  1. #11
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    Ebay appear to have retrospectively removed the listing...

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldlock View Post
    Fake / Fantasy lock - 100 % sure that it is modern, made in India and being sold in huge numbers. Value around $15.
    so I have one of these, how do you tell if it's fake?, have had it for many years, thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by newbee16 View Post
    so I have one of these, how do you tell if it's fake?, have had it for many years, thanks
    Post #8 and all the links Dean posted in #9 are well worth a read

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dean Nickel View Post
    There are several sites to look at including this one.
    http://www.antique-padlocks.com/fantasy_repro.htm
    http://www.railroadiana.org/fakes/pgFakes_Locks.php
    http://www.switchkeys.com/INDIA.HTML
    http://home.southwind.net/~drcwks/repros.html

    Ask here if you can't find anything on a lock and you have access to a good deal of collectors that know others that will know.
    Do the "fake" Winchester factory locks have the number stamped on the keys? mine does, when did the fakes start to show up for sale? Do the real factory locks have any markings that would indicate USA made? Thanks for any info

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    Quote Originally Posted by newbee16 View Post
    Do the "fake" Winchester factory locks have the number stamped on the keys? mine does, when did the fakes start to show up for sale? Do the real factory locks have any markings that would indicate USA made? Thanks for any info
    A picture would help

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    hope you can see them
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    Quote Originally Posted by newbee16 View Post
    hope you can see them
    That lock is typical of many other locks with a brass plate on them stamped with a marking. Others I have seen say Alcatraz, Wells Fargo, etc. To my knowledge none of them are genuine.

    Genuine Winchester locks that I have seen are typically embossed or cast with the company logo and never an incised stamping.
    BBE.

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    Quote Originally Posted by newbee16 View Post
    hope you can see them
    That's a fake for sure. They have been available for at least 10 years to my knowledge and probably longer.

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    thanks for taking time to reply, really wasn't what I wanted to hear, it belonged to my brother, he was a gun collector and went to many shows and auctions, I would imagine he got it in a mystery box on the cheap, but hey..it is what it is,many thanks

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