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Buck94 on Do you have rifles or shotguns featured in The Winchester Book?

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:09:50 +0000

I’ve got the #8 1894 that is mentioned in Winchester Model 94 the first 100 years! It is listed and discussed on pages 15 and 31. It was the 2nd oldest known surviving 1894 but is now the 3rd as the serial #5 turned up a couple years ago at Rock Island. I was gonna send it off and have it restored but Brother Bert convinced me that was a stupid idea 😀

TR on Do you have rifles or shotguns featured in The Winchester Book?

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:16:21 +0000

I have an 1886 45-90 extra hvy oct 32" barrel that letters 15#, s/n 20391. Page 332. T/R

Maverick on Do you have rifles or shotguns featured in The Winchester Book?

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:54:50 +0000

Roger Adam said
My "Winchester International Match Single-Shot Rifle of 1913" is pictured eight times in John Campbell's first volume book "The Winchester Single Shot", and once in his second volume book of the same name.

I would have to dig out my Maids books to check. But I'm pretty sure if not the rifle, the drawings for that custom style rifle are shown in either the "Winchester Book" or the "Winchester Hand Book". I don't know which specific serial number is shown. But I'll have to dig my copy out and find it.

Sincerely,

Maverick

MidwestCrisis on Who knows anything about McClellan saddles?

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:59:29 +0000

Very nice Steve. That’s a good deal on the saddle. I’d like to put together a complete Spanish American war rig.

Gundog88 on Do you have rifles or shotguns featured in The Winchester Book?

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 09:19:55 +0000

I have a 1895 short rifle in 30 US that is in the Madi’s book.

Steven Gabrielli on Who knows anything about McClellan saddles?

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:24:01 +0000

Steven Gabrielli on Who knows anything about McClellan saddles?

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:23:03 +0000

I stopped in a random garage sale with my daughter a few miles away. I offered the guy 50 bucks and he took it.

MidwestCrisis on Who knows anything about McClellan saddles?

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:19:42 +0000

Thanks for sharing the feedback. I’ve looked at McClellans for years but haven’t stumbled upon one I would buy yet. I wonder how many were surplused after WWI. I see a handful on eBay, I watch for old saddles, They are always “original “ but I think most are like yours. Price plus shipping, eBay is a terrible place for saddles.

Roger Adam on Do you have rifles or shotguns featured in The Winchester Book?

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:10:26 +0000

My "Winchester International Match Single-Shot Rifle of 1913" is pictured eight times in John Campbell's first volume book "The Winchester Single Shot", and once in his second volume book of the same name.

Henry Mero on Do you have rifles or shotguns featured in The Winchester Book?

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:04:38 +0000

I have had the privelege of owning several book published Winchesters over the years, but I think I've had this one the longest;

Henry Mero on 911

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:17:17 +0000

I was 15 and just starting a new job when John Kennedy was assassinated, I cryed that day, I was 53 on 911 and just opening a new r.v. business, I cryed that day, and I still get emotional thinking about these times.

Bo Rich on 911

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:17:16 +0000

I was a Guard at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. After the second plane hit the World Trade Tower, things changed very quickly. I got a rifle out of the Arms Room, and was stationed in a building watching the front gate of the Plant. I remember a line of cars leaving the plant. Only necessary people stayed behind. At the time I did not know that flight 93 was very close to the Plant. Thankfully we were not a target! Maybe, the passengers prevented that. I guess we will never know. I heard the call that the flight attendant made to Her Husband. I don’t believe I heard a braver voice then Hers. I was just amazed by Her tone in the fact of what She was enduring.

Bo Rich on Do you have rifles or shotguns featured in The Winchester Book?

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:01:23 +0000

It is funny the way that time goes bye. 38 years ago I bought Mike Nelson’s African that is pictured on page 238 in the Rule book. Since then I have acquired other firearms featured in other publications. This would include David Bichrest Model 54 book, and I even own a “Off brand” Model 99 that is pictured in Royal’s Model 99 book.

Steven Gabrielli on Who knows anything about McClellan saddles?

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:39:32 +0000

Feedback I received from MilitaryHorse on a leather/ saddle sub forum. I had to PM him directly.

The seat is very much a surplus WW1 seat. The non-regulation changes appear to be interesting customizations. From the polished look of the altered quarterstraps and stirrups, I’d bet that this was actually done by Smith-Worthington, as that stamp was usually reserved for cincha safes.

The well-finished quarterstraps look like converted Whitman rigging, which shouts Smith-Worthington, who had bought out Muelbach and were making the Whitman styles then. Crupper looks like it was made postwar as well with regulation hardware. Perhaps a police saddle rig.

deerhunter on Do you have rifles or shotguns featured in The Winchester Book?

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:44:14 +0000

Here's my Model 94/95 hybrid carbine pictured in the 1895 book.

Don