Winchester Collector - Forum: General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/ Simple:Press Version 6.11.14 rogertherelic on Bloodied The Browning 1878 Today https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/bloodied-the-browning-1878-today/#p183203 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/bloodied-the-browning-1878-today/#p183203 Definately enough "gun" to do the job!   RDB  

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:50:53 +0000 Jeremy P on TGCA Show in Denton, Texas Oct. 16-18 https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/tgca-show-in-denton-texas-oct-16-18/#p183202 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/tgca-show-in-denton-texas-oct-16-18/#p183202 Chuck, that's only for when you need gas and a quick sandwich...not even close!

Mike you haven't been to 407?!? You're on probation starting today.

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:21:37 +0000 Bert H. on Bloodied The Browning 1878 Today https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/bloodied-the-browning-1878-today/#p183201 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/bloodied-the-browning-1878-today/#p183201 About damn time!  Cool

Bert

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:12:57 +0000 Buck94 on An orientation we can all agree upon. https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/an-orientation-we-can-all-agree-upon/#p183200 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/an-orientation-we-can-all-agree-upon/#p183200 Funny and true 😂

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:07:50 +0000 Shrapnel on Bloodied The Browning 1878 Today https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/bloodied-the-browning-1878-today/#p183199 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/bloodied-the-browning-1878-today/#p183199 Just what everyone was waiting for…

 

 

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]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:36:44 +0000 seewin on Always Wanted A Winchester Signal Cannon https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/always-wanted-a-winchester-signal-cannon/#p183198 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/always-wanted-a-winchester-signal-cannon/#p183198 Ben, this might help in your quest.

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]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:31:55 +0000 TXGunNut on TGCA Show in Denton, Texas Oct. 16-18 https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/tgca-show-in-denton-texas-oct-16-18/#p183197 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/tgca-show-in-denton-texas-oct-16-18/#p183197

Randycrockett said
Tender in Aubrey?
  

Haven't tried them or 407. I guess I need to get out more.

 

Mike 

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:24:35 +0000 Randycrockett on TGCA Show in Denton, Texas Oct. 16-18 https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/tgca-show-in-denton-texas-oct-16-18/#p183196 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/tgca-show-in-denton-texas-oct-16-18/#p183196 Tender in Aubrey?

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:02:16 +0000 jwgoodson@yahoo.com on Arthur Lyndsey Nelson 1892-1959 https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/arthur-lyndsey-nelson-1892-1959/#p183195 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/arthur-lyndsey-nelson-1892-1959/#p183195 Are any members aware of an MIT electrical engineer named Arthur Lyndsey Nelson (1892-1959), originally from Boston, ever having collaborated with Winchester?  It would likely have been in the 1930s or 1940s, and may have been associated with the design of Winchester trigger mechanisms. 

Thanks, 

Jeff Goodson

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:59:25 +0000 TXGunNut on Always Wanted A Winchester Signal Cannon https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/always-wanted-a-winchester-signal-cannon/#p183194 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/always-wanted-a-winchester-signal-cannon/#p183194 I'm still kicking myself for not buying the first one I saw over 40 years ago at a Market Hall gun show in Dallas. This was before beef jerky and blow guns took over...but the blow guns were fun. I didn't realize I was a Winchester collector back then and hadn't learned to avail myself to treasures such as this. 

Have fun, Ben! Hope the neighbors don't mind. Much. Wink

 

Mike

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:37:54 +0000 TXGunNut on TGCA Show in Denton, Texas Oct. 16-18 https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/tgca-show-in-denton-texas-oct-16-18/#p183193 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/tgca-show-in-denton-texas-oct-16-18/#p183193 Thanks for the kind words, Ben. I'm proud to work with this bunch, Have been helping put on this show for several years, even before they railroaded me into a board position.

I'm gonna go old school on area BBQ, hard to beat Smokehouse in Lindsay but some say Dieter Brothers (a few hundred yards east) is better. Dieter Brothers has a great club sandwich and they are both famous for chicken fried steaks. 

 

Mike

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:06:50 +0000 DEEREHART on Always Wanted A Winchester Signal Cannon https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/always-wanted-a-winchester-signal-cannon/#p183191 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/always-wanted-a-winchester-signal-cannon/#p183191 Ben

 I dont know if you remember it or even saw it but i picked one up at Cody a couple years ago that was about 80%.

 Defiantly had been used. It now hangs out in my garage and comes out to play regularly.

 I do it just enough to keep the neighbors on edge but not predictably Laugh

 Super fun to shoot, long string allows the grandson to play also.

 Doug

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:43:20 +0000 Chuck on TGCA Show in Denton, Texas Oct. 16-18 https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/tgca-show-in-denton-texas-oct-16-18/#p183189 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/tgca-show-in-denton-texas-oct-16-18/#p183189

Jeremy P said

Ben said
It’s a very well run show by a dedicated group of people & Mike! 😂.  No, Mike really works hard for the club and is a great ambassador for them.  The Southwest Airlines “pricing stars” aligned again last week and I get to go play again.  Still need to find a good bbq place there though.  
  

We got your BBQ place ready to go....look up 407 BBQ in Argyle.
  

Never been there.  Here is one I have been to.

https://rudysbbq.com/location/detail/denton-tx

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:37:42 +0000 Anthony on Winchester M-1866 with unusual rear sight attachtment https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/winchester-m-1866-with-unusual-rear-sight-attachtment/#p183187 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/winchester-m-1866-with-unusual-rear-sight-attachtment/#p183187

Chuck said

Maverick said

TR said
   That style of sight was called a musket rear sight, that does not mean it only went on muskets. It was found on rifles and carbines. What is disturbing to me is the cut in the receiver for the spring, would that not weaken the area that the barrel is threaded in. I have never seen that before and would doubt that's factory work. T/R
  

I have not seen that style of sight or the receiver being cut in such a manner either. I have seen more than one rear sight that was dovetailed on the actual receiver of early Henry, above the side plates. I'm doubtful its factory work as well.
Maverick
  

TR is right on.  This sight is for an early 1876/78 Musket and was modified to fit the 1866.  You can see it in Stroebel's Old Gunsights & Rifle Scopes book on page 285 and in his Old Gunsights book on page 285 or in Winchester's 1878 Catalog.  
  

IMG_5118.jpegChuck, page 285 in Stroebels 'Old Gunsight ', book.

Tony

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:04:44 +0000 Jeremy P on TGCA Show in Denton, Texas Oct. 16-18 https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/tgca-show-in-denton-texas-oct-16-18/#p183186 General Discussions & Questions https://winchestercollector.org/forum/general-discussions-questions/tgca-show-in-denton-texas-oct-16-18/#p183186

Ben said
It’s a very well run show by a dedicated group of people & Mike! 😂.  No, Mike really works hard for the club and is a great ambassador for them.  The Southwest Airlines “pricing stars” aligned again last week and I get to go play again.  Still need to find a good bbq place there though.  
  

We got your BBQ place ready to go....look up 407 BBQ in Argyle.

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