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Big Larry
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Actually, it was the most beautiful stock I have ever seen on a mid priced Winchester 22 rifle, so I had to have it. Besides being a scarce M47 target rifle.

Only a few left for my Winchester 22 rifle collection.     Big LarryM47-Target.jpgImage Enlarger

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very nice .

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Beautiful wood, shame about the extra holes in the stock.  I see why you got it.  The peep sight version of the 47 is hard to find.

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Beautiful wood, shame about the extra holes in the stock.  I see why you got it.  The peep sight version of the 47 is hard to find.

Best Regards,  

Looking at the Redbook last night and the picture they have posted of the target M47 also has sling swivels. Must be catching. Normally, I would not buy a rifle with added swivels, but just look at that wood. Might be years before another fancy stock came along, and the rifle appears to be near to mint. It will just sit in the safe anyway, and no one, maybe you, will ever see it. I doubt I will ever shoot it. I have another standard rifle, and it is very accurate at 50 yards.    Big Larry

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Maybe you can swap out the non-factory swivels with original Winchester swivels to make it look a bit more correct.  That is just the OCD in me speaking though.

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Maybe you can swap out the non-factory swivels with original Winchester swivels to make it look a bit more correct.  That is just the OCD in me speaking though.

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Do you have some? I won’t have the rifle until next week.     Thanks, Larry

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Beautiful, Big Larry!

 

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Big Larry said

Do you have some? I won’t have the rifle until next week.     Thanks, Larry  

Yes, I have a set you can have.

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Yes, I have a set you can have.

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WoW !!!   You are “D” man. Cannot wait for your next visit.   Thanks, Larry

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But if you have the correct swivels then you must have the correct sling!

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clarence said
But if you have the correct swivels then you must have the correct sling!  

Slings are around. Most folks do not know what they look like and figure they must be Winchester marked, which is not so. I have two M75’s, a M69-A Match Rifle, and a M60-A Target rifle with original slings. When I used to collect US Military weapons, all my guns had proper, dated, slings. I still have a few and like my WIN-13, they have real nice, dated slings, mostly minty. The only sling I was never able to find was one for my M1873 Musket. Not even a repro. Solved that problem too. I traded the musket off. Very hard to find are the original Kerrs contracted by Winchester. Big LarryDSCF0279.JPGImage Enlarger

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Big Larry said

Slings are around. Most folks do not know what they look like and figure they must be Winchester marked, which is not so.   

I wouldn’t recognize the leather ones; put repro M1907s on my 52s because very good quality ones are around for only $25-30 (though the stiff “newness” of them is disagreeable).

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Some of my leather goods were scrutinized at the old Great Western gun show when I did my US Martial Arms displays. One was pretty funny to me. A guy looked real hard at my M6 scabbard on my blade dated M3 knife. He asked to pick it up and I told him to go ahead. He told me it was the nicest repro M6 scabbard he had ever seen. I had to laugh as the scabbard was a gift to me from Lt. Herb Rosenbaum who also gave me his Van Orden rifle. I still have it and the M3 in it. Both are 100% original and drippy mint as Herb would say. I have never used a repro sling on any of my collectables.  Big Larry

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Very nice, congrats.

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Thanks for the positive comments my friends.    Big Larry

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