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Deg said
My order is in! Thanks for your hard work, Jeff. 
  

Deg,

Your book will go out today, you just need to decide whom to gift it to….or keep it for yourself so it can sit next to your Winchester 69 book. 

Thanks for your order!

Best Regards,

Deg said  

Oh – it will sit next to my 69 for a spell, I am collecting some quality books as I can, and at some point, I will start the gifting. My Daughters family is a gun family. That is where she met my SIL – at a gun club, she was a referee (and shooter) he was just out of college and was on their shooting team. Now I have three little grandkids that will have no choice but to carry on the tradition. 
  

In that case, I will send you the book that matches your 69 book # so you can keep them all in the family.

Best Regards,

Deg said
Received my Model 75 book today – man it looks good and you talk about another quality-built book, thing weighs as much as a Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake!
  

Glad you like it and thanks for the kind words.  Be careful though, apparently dogs like the tasty leather cover…..

Best Regards,

Hi Chuck,

No, no Lyman repros that I am aware of.  Some of the Lyman sights were not marked and some of the Redfields look similar.

Yes, I know a lot about the 8X Winchester scope, I covered it in detail in both the Model 69 and Model 75 book (which you have).

Your friend is correct, Winchester sold their scope patents and tooling for the Winchester A5, B3, B4, etc. scopes to Lyman in 1928.  The Winchester 2 3/4x (No. 3), 5x (No.5) and 8x (No.8) scopes were completely different and marketed by Winchester from 1937-1942 (the 8x was introduced in 1938 for the Model 75) for use on the .22 rimfires.  They were not made by Winchester but by outside vendors (Carolyn and Saymon Brown).

Everything you want to know IS IN THE BOOKS 😉  I am sorry you have to read the large tomes to find out that Jesus is from Nazareth.  The Table of Contents and Index helps though….

Best Regards,

Deg said
Jeff – is the Model 70 next? 
  

No, this 4-book series is on all of the Winchester pre-1963 bolt action repeating rifles (that don’t already have a book).  The next book in the series will cover the Models 56 and 57 and the 4th book will cover the Model 72.

After those are complete I have a few more Winchester related books already started but don’t know which will be next.

Lou Luttrell is working on a very detailed, updated Model 70 book, we just need to keep nudging him to finish it.

Best Regards,

TXGunNut said  

Jeff-
I think I’ve mentioned this before but I think a Winchester scope book is a good idea. I personally have little interest in them but I feel pretty sure you have done most of the research to make that book a reality. I think collectors need a good reference book to guide their collecting efforts. 
 
Mike 
  

Hmmm, I am not sure that it would be worth the effort since the early Winchester scope history is fairly well-documented and the later scopes are covered in detail in the 69 and 75 book and will also be covered in the 72 book.

I would be lucky to sell 100 scope books after spending a year+ writing and photographing.  I am already worried about the 56/57 book being too obscure because of the low-production numbers and limited variations for collectability.  I am contemplating a lower initial book run (less than 1000) so I am not stuck with a bunch of left-overs but will make that decision when the time comes.

Best Regards,