Nice Group!

Mike

oldcrankyyankee said
Don't have any slide action 22's. But here is a family of 86's. Only one missing from the group picture was the SRC. He showed up late as always. Thinks he is special because he a 45-90. Gonna have to take him out hunting this year and let him feel the cold, might straighten him out.
  

Very impressive

jsgwoodsman said
Great guns fellas, thanks for showing them off!
I don’t have all my slide actions in one place, but here’s a cabinet with a few in it. Disregard the other “junk”.

Beautiful collection… Thanks for sharing!

Anyone else???

Henry Mero said
OK, but there will be no droolin'.  The 2nd from the top, ser#601805 I brung home from Ohio show. The little straight grip c.c.'d 2nd mod. ser#68850 just arrived in the mail today from Austin's guns. There's more coming next week, ser#277062, a minty plain pistol grip stock in w.r.f. and I'm hoping another nice 1st. model in .22long
  

Outstanding collection! Thanks for sharing your treasures with us.

That also appears to be the Winchester original sling that the 69A Match rifles came equipped with.

Best Regards,

It is a 22 LR only.

Blue Ridge Parson said
Bill,
Especially on the 52-C Sporter, which is already drilled and tapped for scope use, your personal solution makes a great deal of sense.
BRP
  

Yes and I'm convinced by my experience with the iron sights furnished with the "with sights" style of the C that little thought was given by the committee responsible for getting the C out the door, to actual sporting use of the rifle in the hunting field with those sights and that stock. 

While we appreciate the quality of the Model, by 1953 or so it was a small but increasingly irritating blister in the eyes of those charged with making a profit on gun sales. The 52 committee largely consisted of target competition enthusiasts who probably never knocked a squirrel down with a 52 Sporting. Or wanted to. The ennui surrounding the issue of an optical sight for the Sporting, in the face of all the B Models getting drilled and tapped by customers, is telling. John Olin himself had to step in and kick butt to get the C into production. 

The C model is far more ammunition-flexible and "sporting" with a compact scope like the Leupold variable illustrated. It's difficult to get the most out of the particular rifle otherwise. 

Zebulon said
Joel,  What I've recorded from your caliper measurements is:
Overall height. 0.713
Overall length at base 1.540
Overall length at top 0.823
Overall external maximum width 0.521
JWA's chart has three fields, for OAL, OAH, and Internal width. The first two are 1.540 and 0.713. 0We can compute the last by subtracting twice the thickness of the steel from 0.521.
Have I read your measurements correctly?
Bill
  

Bill, 

You've read the measurements correctly. Handsome 52C by the way. I do prefer a scope and have come close to bringing home a 52C more than once, but the "right deal" hasn't landed.

Thanks for putting the time into coordinating this information. 

Joel

Overall height. 0.713

Overall length at base 1.540

Overall length at top 0.823

Overall external maximum width 0.521

JWA's chart has three fields, for OAL, OAH, and Internal width. The first two are 1.540 and 0.713. 0We can compute the last by subtracting twice the thickness of the steel from 0.521.

Have I read your measurements correctly?

Bill

Especially on the 52-C Sporter, which is already drilled and tapped for scope use, your personal solution makes a great deal of sense.

BRP

As BRP says, it is the height that differentiates the 3279 hood from the 3278. 

The norm for the medium hood furnished with most Model 70 rifles and the Model 71 is about .605+ whereas the high one for the 52 Sporting is about .705+ [I think.]

Visually, there is only a slight difference but in use, particularly with the 52C and its higher sight line, I found the medium hood doesn't get enough air and light around the bead. My 52C is a very late specimen with the brazed sight ramp, which may exacerbate the issue. 

But you've added some pertinent data to the literature. 

Bill

PS  my personal solution is attached

Apologies for the poor photography.