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Greetings All.
I’ve been given a Winchester hammer pump .22 LR, which is in sad, but functional, shape.
At first look I assumed it was one of the 1890 variants, but the barrel is clearly stamped Model 60A-Target.
Was there such a thing in slide action, or do you suppose that somebody put a Model 60 barrel on a hammer action?
Thanks
The barrel is not original to the receiver frame, and was without a doubt scavenged from a Model 60A bolt-action rifle.
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
Somebody went to a lot of work to put a model 60a target barrel on a pump action. The model 60A did not have a threaded barrel. Some one cut the barrel off then had to thread it and get it indexed plus cut the dovetails for the tube hangers. A lot of work to just replace a barrel. Who ever did it wasn’t some guy in a workshop with a pair of pipe wrenches.
Thanks for the responses, Gents.
Last night I cleaned off more of the gunk, and could then see that the bbl had been set into the receiver deep enough that the last 2 letters in “Winchester” were hidden into the receiver, so obviously a re-bbl. I should have noticed that earlier, but for the gunk. But, other than being in sad exterior shape, it appears functional, and the bore, after cleaning out a century or so of dirt, shows rifling.
We will see.
Thanks again.
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