Mexican Eagle Winchesters

Page 38 WinchesterCollector.org If you are anything like me, your taste in the Winchesters you collect is constantly evolving. About 30 years ago, when I first became a serious Winchester collector, I could care less about engraved guns; they just didn’t have any appeal to me. When I was growing-up as a kid, I wanted Winchesters just like the ones I saw on my favorite TV shows like Bonanza, Gun Smoke and The Rifleman. Since none of those Winchesters on my TV shows were engraved, I had absolutely no interest in engraved guns. Times have sure changed since then. I guess it all started when I met my friend and mentor, the late George Madis. As a skilled engraver himself, George loved engraved guns. As we spent time at gun shows, he’d go out of his way to point-out various styles of engraving we would see along the way. I then began studying engraving both in books and on the guns themselves. As with any aspect of collecting, the more I learned, the more I would come to appreciate quality engraved Winchesters. Engraved guns with American eagles became my favorite; yet for the longest time, I didn’t pay much attention to Mexican eagle guns. After all, Mexican eagles weren’t, well, American. That all changed about a year ago when I was fortunate to acquire an engraved ’66 carbine with a great Mexican eagle. When the package arrived here at the house and I opened the box, my girlfriend said: “That’s a dirty old gun….why on earth did you buy that?!” I did my best trying to explain to her how great the engraving was on the eagle compared to any other Mexican eagles I have seen. She just looked at me and shook her head. Now don’t get me wrong; Lauren was right. This is a beat-up, old, Mexican Eagle Winchesters by Rob Kassab #4144LB

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