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August 14, 2021
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Picked this up from Oregon Guns. How does this one look Jeff? Don’t tell me the stock is wrong again LMAO.
Steve
July 17, 2012
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Steve,
Nice score! That one looks fine except the sling swivels have been added.
Is it .22 LR or .22 Short?
Best Regards,
WACA Life Member #6284 - Specializing in Pre-64 Winchester .22 Rimfire
August 14, 2021
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Long Rifle, I’m not that lucky. Sn 6118. For 500$ I took it.
December 31, 2012
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Here’s a 22 short, #1903. Paid twice what you paid. Big Larry
August 14, 2021
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Nice Big Larry
December 31, 2012
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Thanks. I also have one in 22 LR.
Nice find on yours. Very hard to find nice M56’s.
My 22 short is a fun shooter.
Did yours come with the 22 Long R marked follower? Big Larry
August 14, 2021
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I’ll let you know as soon as it arrives.
June 1, 2023
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One of the best looking/handling rifles Winchester ever made. Here’s one that I couldn’t leave behind several years ago.
BRP
July 17, 2012
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Great looking rifles! My absolute favorite .22 is the Model 56 and I am enjoying starting a book on them.
If you have any paperwork, boxes, tags, instructions etc. I would love to see them, there is not much extraneous stuff for the 56/57.
Best Regards,
WACA Life Member #6284 - Specializing in Pre-64 Winchester .22 Rimfire
December 31, 2012
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I have to agree with BRP. They are fine looking rifles along with the M57. I prize both of mine, especially the 22 short.
I once had a chance to buy a stainless M56, but it was more $$$ than I could afford at the time. I found my 22 short rifle online at a Cabelas, Dundee, MI. It was in the process of being sold, but the buyer changed his mind, so I got it. Lucky me. Big Larry
January 20, 2023
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Query, gentlemen. The Model.56s displayed seem.to feature the very slightest schnable forearm tip. I don’t think I’ve seen that on any other Winchester rimfire rifle. Am I merely exposing my ignorance?
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
June 1, 2023
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The early Model 54 also had a schnable fore end tip. But I know of no other rimfire.
BRP
June 1, 2023
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No, I now remember the 1904 had such a fore end.
BRP
January 20, 2023
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Blue Ridge Parson said
The early Model 54 also had a schnable fore end tip. But I know of no other rimfire.BRP
Thank you. There surely was more than one person of Central European descent in the Design Shop. These stocks are pretty good evidence of it.
I don’t recall seeing the schnabel repeated until the appearance of the new Featherweight, certainly the most graceful and unlooked for design success of the Post-64 New Haven era.
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
June 1, 2023
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Zebulon said
I don’t recall seeing the schnabel repeated until the appearance of the new Featherweight, certainly the most graceful and unlooked for design success of the Post-64 New Haven era.
I agree completely.
It was love at first sight when I first saw those rifles, ca 1980, and I now own several dozen of them in various calibers. A design masterpiece.
BRP
November 7, 2015
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Nice 56’s! I’ve pretty much given up on finding a nice one, am glad to see there are a few out there.
Mike
April 15, 2005
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Blue Ridge Parson said
No, I now remember the 1904 had such a fore end.BRP
Yes it does… I bought this one almost 25-years ago at a Little John’s auction for whopping $75. It is a Single Shot, and it was patented by JMB 
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July 17, 2012
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Zebulon said
Query, gentlemen. The Model.56s displayed seem.to feature the very slightest schnable forearm tip. I don’t think I’ve seen that on any other Winchester rimfire rifle. Am I merely exposing my ignorance?
Bill,
In addition to the Model 1904 mentioned, the other Winchester rimfire to have a Schnabel style forend was the Model 1906 “Expert”.
Best Regards,
WACA Life Member #6284 - Specializing in Pre-64 Winchester .22 Rimfire
