Model 52E|Winchester .22 Rim Fire|Forum|Winchester Collector

It is a mid production 52E model with a custom prone stock. The “E” rifles began production in 1970 and ran up until 1980 when U.S. Repeating arms bought out Winchester, and did not continue with 52 production. This rifle started out as an International Match, International Match barreled action, or possibly even an International Prone model

. I say this because it has the matte blued finish and the IM’s were the only E models with this finish on barrel and receiver. It also has a very desirable Kenyon trigger, which was an option on the IM’s. There were a total of right at 500 International Match 52’s produced. Of that number 310 were equipped with Kenyon triggers, and 188 with the factory Winchester trigger. The other 3 were equipped with the special Kenyon ISU trigger. There were only 37 of the International Prone match rifles manufactured and they have a similar high comb to the one you have pictured, however those were not laminated stocks, and the comb was not as high as the pictured rifle. No way of really knowing what configuration of the 3 it started as, but I would bet it was most like a factory barreled action with Kenyon trigger. 

As far as value, original IM’s go for $3K – $5K. I would think this one would be substantially less since the stock is not factory. It looks like a very nice rifle. 

Steve