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deerhunter said
Well, I’m 49 and barely made the cut, but only six months to go…

Don  

You’ve got me beat by a few months Don. You must be a late mode1 ’71 ………. almost as good as the classic ’72 vintage Winchester collector.

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Vintage 1966 here. Proud Curio and Relic.

 

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I still have a 94 rifle 30wcf I  harvested first deer in 1964

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1962 for me. 

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How about 1965

First Winchester Christmas 1974

 It is good to not be as old as Bert Laugh

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pdog72 said

You’ve got me beat by a few months Don. You must be a late model ’71 ………. almost as good as the classic ’72 vintage Winchester collector.  

Yes, indeed a late model ’71.  Serialized and went through the polishing room December 23, 1971.

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64 for me! 

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Based on the participation thus far, the 1960s is the dominant decade, with the year 1960 being the clear winner!Cool

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If most of y’all want to feel a bit younger come out and shoot at my club. We have a dozen or so 70-80 year-olds who kick butt on the skeet and trap fields. A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of regularly shooting skeet with an 84 year old gentleman who not only gave me some valuable tips but dished out generous servings of humble pie while kicking my butt all over the skeet field. A trap shooter only a few years younger would shuffle out on the trap field up until a few weeks before he died and would generally break most birds about 3/4’s of the way out to the stake.

Odd to see so many “60 model” collectors. Gotta be a reason but we’ll likely never know. I have a couple of rifles born in 1960 and for the most part they’re unremarkable. 😉

 

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I’ll be 72 in a few months.  Bought my first Winchester with my own money, when I  was 12.  It was a $40.00 94 rifle in .30-30.  The next year I  bought my first SRC.  This time it was a 92 in .25-20.  Paid $40.00 for that one too.  Guy threw two boxes of ammo in on the deal.

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A youngin’ here, I am 36! 

Bought my first Winchester when I was 18 – when we can legally own them here in Australia. 

Most of the time I am the youngest in the room at the collectors guild meetings we have. 

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04-08-1962

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I’m 40, been a member since i was 30. Love me some lever guns.

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Manuel said
  My wife laughs at me because most of my “friends” that i’ve met through collecting are nearly twice my age.  I tell her they tell the best stories!  

That was true of most of mine, 50 yrs ago; I gravitated to those who knew more than I.  But they’re no longer telling stories.  In fact, many my own age (77) are no longer telling stories.

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Winchester collectors are not the oldest collectors lever rifle collectors out there.  In my experience, Burgess, Bullard and Whitney-Kennedy collectors have this group beat by a good margin.

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steve004 said
Winchester collectors are not the oldest collectors lever rifle collectors out there.  In my experience, Burgess, Bullard and Whitney-Kennedy collectors have this group beat by a good margin.  

Maybe so, only two I know are younger or at least not much older than me. Shrapnel got me interested in these rifles awhile back and a gun shop owner in the next county has a few but I’m still trying to get to know him. 

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Manuel said
  My wife laughs at me because most of my “friends” that i’ve met through collecting are nearly twice my age.  I tell her they tell the best stories!  

That was true of most of mine, 50 yrs ago; I gravitated to those who knew more than I.  But they’re no longer telling stories.  In fact, many my own age (77) are no longer telling stories.  

Priceless memories, Clarence. In my 20’s I spent waaaaay too much time in local gun shops (remember those?) and learned from people wiser than I’ll ever be. Almost all are gone now. One is a gun writer who has all but quit writing but he is more of a history buff than gun enthusiast. Another was my LE mentor who also taught me about reloading, John Moses Browning and the wonders of single malt Scotch. As it turns out, he was a writer with a few books to his credit and a blog that is active years after his death. 

 

It’s occurred to me that people today probably don’t appreciate the craftsmanship and quality of Winchester at an early age as some of us did. Maybe it’s an acquired taste, like good single malt Scotch or small batch bourbon. 

 

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clarence said

Manuel said
  My wife laughs at me because most of my “friends” that i’ve met through collecting are nearly twice my age.  I tell her they tell the best stories!  

That was true of most of mine, 50 yrs ago; I gravitated to those who knew more than I.  But they’re no longer telling stories.  In fact, many my own age (77) are no longer telling stories.  

Yes, unfortunately I have lost one of my storytellers.  

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Manuel said

Yes, unfortunately I have lost one of my storytellers.    

Cherish the ones you still have and celebrate the ones you had the honor of knowing. We owe it to them to keep their stories alive .

 

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My wife says I act like a 12 year old sometimes, can I factor that into the age equation?  That would help offset the actual mileage a lot.

I may be High mileage but I call them “highway” years…….

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