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April 15, 2005
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So, when are you taking it to your local Trap & Skeet range for a pattern test? 
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
September 21, 2016
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Ha!
It’s going to be a while until goose season comes around again, but I’ll be ready!
It has accounted for one pest squirrel inside a barn.
April 30, 2023
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Are we sure of the factory smooth bore version? I can’t remember any references to these…looks like a non standard font stamping but that pic doesn’t load up to sufficient size for me…link me to a reference if there is one, would like to read about it!
September 21, 2016
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Jeremy P said
Are we sure of the factory smooth bore version? I can’t remember any references to these…looks like a non standard font stamping but that pic doesn’t load up to sufficient size for me…link me to a reference if there is one, would like to read about it!
Jeremy,
I don’t have a specific link readily available. I’ve read about these for decades. Back before they were “collectable”.
Apparently the most common variation is the regular 27” 22 s,l,lr M67 barrel with rifle sights, reamed out to smooth bore by the factory, and the “smooth bore” stamp added just below/behind the rear barrel sight.
Ive read that there are up to 4 variations of the “smooth bore” stamp, and have seen them in early finger grooved stocks.
There’s also a “for shot only” variation w/ a 24” barrel that came with a single bead or double bead sight arrangement.
This could be a “fake”. It wasn’t advertised or priced as anything special. The barrel finish appears 100% original to me.
I can’t remember if there’s any reference to these in Houze’s single shot book, but think there was…
Clear as mud – right!
November 7, 2015
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jsgwoodsman said
Ha!
It’s going to be a while until goose season comes around again, but I’ll be ready!
It has accounted for one pest squirrel inside a barn.
I’d like to give it a try on yellow jackets and hornets. Wasp and hornet spray only reaches so far and it’s nasty enough to require a wind check!
Mike
September 21, 2016
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TXGunNut said
jsgwoodsman said
Ha!
It’s going to be a while until goose season comes around again, but I’ll be ready!
It has accounted for one pest squirrel inside a barn.
I’d like to give it a try on yellow jackets and hornets. Wasp and hornet spray only reaches so far and it’s nasty enough to require a wind check!
Mike
Mike
Effective range seems to be on the 7-10 yard bracket at best.
Within those guidelines, there isn’t a flying insect with a stinger that’s safe!
March 9, 2005
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I passed on one just like it recently that had wrong sights and custom stock. Got 20 miles down the road, turned around and it was gone.
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August 14, 2021
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Jeremy P said
Are we sure of the factory smooth bore version? I can’t remember any references to these…looks like a non standard font stamping but that pic doesn’t load up to sufficient size for me…link me to a reference if there is one, would like to read about it!
Madis discusses the smoothbore in the Winchester Handbook, states offered starting in 1936.
February 17, 2026
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Wow!! A Winchester Model 67! That was the first gun I ever had. I gave my brother the $17.00 it cost for a new one. I was only 15 years old so he was older than I was so he had to buy it. He was 18. I always missed having that gun. You sure got a great gun. Good luck!!
April 30, 2023
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Steven Gabrielli said
Jeremy P said
Are we sure of the factory smooth bore version? I can’t remember any references to these…looks like a non standard font stamping but that pic doesn’t load up to sufficient size for me…link me to a reference if there is one, would like to read about it!
Madis discusses the smoothbore in the Winchester Handbook, states offered starting in 1936.
Thanks I’ll look there and the mentioned Houze single shot book….must’ve missed that on my previous read-through…but, I also have CRS…so….
EDIT: p. 151 of the Houze book, very quick mention.
April 30, 2023
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jsgwoodsman said
Jeremy P said
Are we sure of the factory smooth bore version? I can’t remember any references to these…looks like a non standard font stamping but that pic doesn’t load up to sufficient size for me…link me to a reference if there is one, would like to read about it!
Jeremy,
I don’t have a specific link readily available. I’ve read about these for decades. Back before they were “collectable”.
Apparently the most common variation is the regular 27” 22 s,l,lr M67 barrel with rifle sights, reamed out to smooth bore by the factory, and the “smooth bore” stamp added just below/behind the rear barrel sight.
Ive read that there are up to 4 variations of the “smooth bore” stamp, and have seen them in early finger grooved stocks.
There’s also a “for shot only” variation w/ a 24” barrel that came with a single bead or double bead sight arrangement.
This could be a “fake”. It wasn’t advertised or priced as anything special. The barrel finish appears 100% original to me.
I can’t remember if there’s any reference to these in Houze’s single shot book, but think there was…
Clear as mud – right!
Interesting on the differing stampings, I will have to keep an eye out in the wild for these!
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