need some info on winchester featherweights please

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whitearrow

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guys, did winchester ever send out featherweights,from the factory, with black pachmayr recoil pads? i'm looking at a featherweight that is sold as NIB but has a black pachmayr recoil pad on it. it was my understanding that the featherweights came with the classic red recoil pad from the factory.
thanks,
eddie
 
The FN rifles all have Pachmyr recoil pads, including the FW.

Pre-FN rifles had them too, but I'm not sure when they started.

I have an FN Super Grade I bought new, black Pachmyr. My brother has an FN FW, black Pachmyr. Brother also has a late New Haven Sporter, as in just before New Haven closed it's doors, it also sports the black Pachmyr.

All 3 of these rifles were bought factory new and not altered.
 
The last one I bought with the red pad was back in 1992. I'm not sure when they changed but I've got one from 2001 with the black pach.
 
I just read on winchesters time line history page the complete history. Only mention of the pachmyer decelerator pad was on the varmint model 70 in 2009.
 
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