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…have a model 37 red letter Winchester 20 gauge. It belonged to my grand father he had when he was a kid so it predates WWII
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Bert H. said
Ian,
The latest dated "R&R" entry I have found (verified) thus for a Model 1886 is March 1919. Based on the second factory letter below, it appears that the records were still in the warehouse as late as December 1921.
…H. said
Ian,
The latest dated "R&R" entry I have found (verified) thus for a Model 1886 is March 1919. Based on the second factory letter below, it appears that the records were still in the warehouse as late as December 1921.
…interesting lever in the desirable, src, as many are always in search of!
https://auctions.thegunrunner.com/lots/view/1-AVE4AM/winchester-model-94-30-wcf-cal-saddle-ring-carbine-20-barrel-blue-button-magazine-1922
This would be another great addition to a new collector or even
…what was found, coming to Auction.
Steven, I won't be bidding on this!
https://auctions.thegunrunner.com/lots/view/1-AVE49Y/winchester-model-1876-40-60-cal-lever-action-rifle-28-round-barrel-1884-antique
With approximately, less than, 64,000 mfg. This 40-60 Caliber, 28 inch
…
Rick Hill said
Zeb:
Bringing my lightweight 20-gauge A5 that I bought new in 1958 when I was 16 years old. Upgraded from my Winchester Model 42. Ordered it new from Browning with a left-handed safety as my master eye is/was my left eye and I shoot left-handed. Unfortunately, I couldn
…that board dummy is as is it stated on the board, a "Center Fire Winchester Rifle Model 1873." a.k.a. the 44-40 W.C.F.
…Hill said
Zeb:
Bringing my lightweight 20-gauge A5 that I bought new in 1958 when I was 16 years old. Upgraded from my Winchester Model 42. Ordered it new from Browning with a left-handed safety as my master eye is/was my left eye and I shoot left-handed. Unfortunately, I couldn
…
The latest dated "R&R" entry I have found (verified) thus for a Model 1886 is March 1919. Based on the second factory letter below, it appears that the records were still in the warehouse as late as December 1921.
…. Thanks Bill
So as not to confuse with the original subject matter of this thread…I am replying to this specific post as it relates to this Model 1886 rifle.
I created this thread specifically because of this rifle:
https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/whats-the…
… R records existed well into the teens, like it appears they do—although we have not established a specific latest possible R & R date for the Model 1886–it becomes increasingly unlikely that the work was factory. By the 1920s, the Model 1886 was only chambered in .45-70 and .33 Winchester,
…on another site, that hangs in the Cody Museum! This is a Rim Fire Cartridge Board. Take a look at the cartridge at the bottom! It says for the model 1873! Could this be a Center fire .44 Cartridge? (.44 C.F. Cartridge Board Dummy)
Very interesting to many of us! Be nice to hear more
…:
Bringing my lightweight 20-gauge A5 that I bought new in 1958 when I was 16 years old. Upgraded from my Winchester Model 42. Ordered it new from Browning with a left-handed safety as my master eye is/was my left eye and I shoot left-handed. Unfortunately, I couldn
…carbine was interesting had it still existed for two reasons that make this carbine unique:
1. It’s a way to have an antique .33 Winchester Model 1886 even though the .33 Winchester round did not come out until 1903, and, therefore, most are not pre 1899;
2. You would have a .33
…did that too with my Winchester Model 1898 Signal Cannon but during the day.
Good movie Deerhunter. I watched it several times in slow motion.
Thanks.
…of 4, I have two left. They are both real nice, and one is the scarce target model. JWA has seen all my 22's. Been giving them away to relatives, Tom, and my Vet. Big Larry
…t miss cleaning this rifle. Look at all the patches it took to get the copper out. I used both sides of each patch.
On the last day I shot the Model 70 I also shot 3 powder charges with the 6.5 Creedmoor. Bottom right and bottom left are the same charge weight. Bottom right was 5 foulers.
…I got it from claimed it was a movie rifle, but no proof of that (NOT marked "Stembridge", or others). While I have mostly gotten out of the model 1892 to concentrate more on my toggle link models, I DO retain it and intend to for some time yet. It is in very nice condition. Don't recall if
… That makes perfect sense. A "Short" only Model for a special purpose. By using the heavier springs it required the use of the more expensive SUPER-X and SUPER SPEED ammunition. Good marketing
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The gallery guns were pistol gripped automatics and had the distinctive, squared-off receivers with rear-mounted, knurled take-down knobs of the Model 63. I recognized the design instantly and could not have confused them with anything else. The attending carnys loaded them through the buttplates…
…in single passes with a tube loader. The cartridges were gallery shorts.
I can't take my oath and swear these were Winchester 63 gallery guns but I still don't know what else they could have been. They were certainly not the ungainly looking Model 74 nor any Remington, Savage
…add to what Bill was mentioning, Winchester DID experiment with the .22 Short cartridge in the Model 63. There is a gun that was formerly in the Winchester Reference Collection (Tag 1316) that was one of the 63 experimental models in .22 Short and…
…a dozen experimental semi-auto rifles in .22 Short in a few months, and these when Winchester already had a "gallery" version .22 Short semi-auto Model 74 in the catalog.
This information in no way provides provenance for the RIA rifle but does keep the door open for possibilities.
Best
…All, I have a partial assembly for a Win Model 1903 rifle. It consist of the trigger assembly with hammer, trigger guard, and take down screw. The outer magazine tube is included, there is no…
… and usual wear and tear. A Lyman peep sight, 1A I think, is mounted on the upper tang. This Lyman sight is stamped with the proper WA code for a Model 1903 rifle. Please check the photos to verify condition. I will be happy to send any additional photos requested. Asking price is $150 plus
…I got it from claimed it was a movie rifle, but no proof of that (NOT marked "Stembridge", or others). While I have mostly gotten out of the model 1892 to concentrate more on my toggle link models, I DO retain it and intend to for some time yet. It is in very nice condition. Don't recall if
…SHORT" would not provide enough "blowback" to work the action. That is why Winchester specified "22 LONG R.-SUPER SPEED & SUPER-X" on the Model 63 barrel marking. They don't show any other barrel stamping, just the caliber. RDB
Roger, Browning's little 22 automatic and Remington's…
…version of it, the Model 24, were available in a gallery version that will reliably shoot the 22 short.
I've often wondered why WRA didn't make a Model 63 gallery gun. It was so expensive was the likely reason.
It's just a matter of spring pressure and possibly a reduction in the weight and…
…bolt travel, to perfect timing.
I recall very clearly one cold Fall night in the early Fifties, my dad buying me a couple of magazine loads with a Model 24 at a shooting gallery. The carny loaded my gun with one of those gallery tubes inserted into the face of the buttplate. Even then I recognized…
…learned the bullets were formed from powdered lead. ( I'd bet a donut that carny died of lung cancer. )
I suppose Winchester thought their Model 90/06/62 gallery guns sold well enough for the purpose.
While I use a Model 63, I also have a Belgian Browning auto, early enough to have a …
… made some mighty high watermarks.
Whereas. the most innovative. elegant and well-balanced automatic shotgun ever made -- the Winchester Model 59 and its Versalite integral choke tubes -- came a cropper in sales and died an early death. Go figure...
…SHORT" would not provide enough "blowback" to work the action. That is why Winchester specified "22 LONG R.-SUPER SPEED & SUPER-X" on the Model 63 barrel marking. They don't show any other barrel stamping, just the caliber. RDB
That's my issue with this theory, Roger, very much a
…SHORT" would not provide enough "blowback" to work the action. That is why Winchester specified "22 LONG R.-SUPER SPEED & SUPER-X" on the Model 63 barrel marking. They don't show any other barrel stamping, just the caliber. RDB
…neither, that's why I was asking. It seems to me with all of the trouble with the Milbank Primer, and Winchester, delaying the delivery, of they're model 73 rifle, in 1873, due to cartridge problems, and the development of the primer, until they found the Gardner to be adequate enough to use in the
…://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/4095/3064/early-experimental-type-winchester-model-631903-rifle
RIA,
Claims under condition, "Likely Factory Experimental Prototype"!
Until it's proven and verified here, I'm not buying the
… to be hand-written rather than the rumored mimeographed label!
In case it’s not readily discernible, the label reads:
50 Ctgs
44 — 66 Model
C. F.
April 16 / 91
Bob
gene66,
Is this what you missed? The Ward's auction ended a couple weeks ago. It was posted on
…the last made rifles with the grooved receiver? Is there one? I only ask as I have a real nice one.
I find the M74's balance better than the M63 auto's. I have both and prefer the M74. Big Larry
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Hi Mitch,
Here are your pictures -
They depict a Winchester Model G6903R 69A "Junior Target Shooter's Special". This particular rifle has had a rear sling swivel added (not by Winchester) and has had the…
…as an option for the G6903R so it could have come from Winchester with it.
There are no surviving records (yet found) for any special order model 69 rifles so any rifle with what appears to be special features cannot be proven but they CAN be disproven as the case here. Your instincts are…
…good in that it is the Winchester pattern used on the Model 75 so it would be appropriate for the Model 69 but there are a number of red flags which indicate it is not original to the rifle. I will not go into those details in public because it just
