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426crown said
Wood doesn't match metal finish.............Bill
  

I agree, also weak markings on tangs and some pitting on the receiver despite nice case colouring.  PASS…

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426crown said
Refinished? Bill
  

That I wasn’t sure about.  Some barrel markings are weak.

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:36:01 +0000 426crown on Winchester 1886 in .45-90 for oldcrankyyankee https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/winchester-1886-in-45-90-for-oldcrankyyankee/#p184623 Winchester Rifles https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/winchester-1886-in-45-90-for-oldcrankyyankee/#p184623 Refinished? Bill

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mrcvs said
Tom,
Did you get this one?
https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/winchester-rifles-model-1886/winchester-1886-45-90-wcf-outstanding-antique-.cfm?gun_id=103832667#gallery-103832667-lg-21
  

How could he not have?

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:16:54 +0000 mrcvs on Winchester 1886 in .45-90 for oldcrankyyankee https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/winchester-1886-in-45-90-for-oldcrankyyankee/#p184621 Winchester Rifles https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/winchester-1886-in-45-90-for-oldcrankyyankee/#p184621 Tom,

Did you get this one?

https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/winchester-rifles-model-1886/winchester-1886-45-90-wcf-outstanding-antique-.cfm?gun_id=103832667#gallery-103832667-lg-21

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:15:38 +0000 Blue Ridge Parson on 1955 model 70 300 winmag or ? https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/1955-model-70-300-winmag-or/page-2/#p184619 Winchester Rifles https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/1955-model-70-300-winmag-or/page-2/#p184619 Bo, Zeb, and I can certainly form the nucleus of the Holland Super 30 fan club!  

As Bo echoes my sentiments about the accuracy of the 300 H&H, it is perhaps redundant of me to mention that the 1935 Wimbledon Cup at Camp Perry Ohio was won by Ben Comfort shooting a Rem****** Model 30-S Express rifle that had been re-barreled to 300 H&H.  That may have been one of the reasons Winchester chose to offer their brand new Model 70 rifle in that chambering in 1936.

Down in my man cave I have exactly ONE Western factory round of .275 H&H ---- that's right, not 375, but 275 H&H Magnum.  As I look at that single cartridge, it seems to me that wider acceptance of that cartridge would have rendered all the other (later) 7mm Magnums superfluous.  

BRP

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 22:54:26 +0000 Zebulon on 1955 model 70 300 winmag or ? https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/1955-model-70-300-winmag-or/page-2/#p184611 Winchester Rifles https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/1955-model-70-300-winmag-or/page-2/#p184611 BRP has just described one of the happiest aspects of the Super 30 - its long, asparagus-like shape.  When pukka Sahib has flesh wounded a 600 pound Bengal Tiger just enough to get its undivided murderous attention,  hanging up the next round's 25 degree shoulder - a feature of the 300 Winchester and other contemporary magnum cartridges  -- on the chamber face of his magazine rifle, from the adrenaline fueled violence of his bolt work, would be......ungood. 

At best, Sahib's bush shorts would never be the same. At worst, what's left of him would go home in a small rubber bag. 

I don't think Holland's reason for shaping the case was anything other than enabling the long strands of Cordite to be loaded on a production line.  But, if I were going Bengal Tiger stalking on foot in a jungle, I think a Super 30 or its big brother 375 Belted Magnum Rimless would be comforting. If I couldn't have a Colt Monitor....

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:58:24 +0000 Bo Rich on 1955 model 70 300 winmag or ? https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/1955-model-70-300-winmag-or/page-2/#p184610 Winchester Rifles https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/1955-model-70-300-winmag-or/page-2/#p184610 Blue Ridge Parson,  May I add that the most accurate Model 70s that I have shot have been .300 H&H Magnums!

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:45:42 +0000 Blue Ridge Parson on 1955 model 70 300 winmag or ? https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/1955-model-70-300-winmag-or/#p184594 Winchester Rifles https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/1955-model-70-300-winmag-or/#p184594 I prefer the 300 H&H to all the other magnums.  It's accurate, powerful, and doesn't produce unmanageable levels of recoil. Yet another plus to this cartridge is that its tapered shape feeds into the chamber just as slick as goose grease. Never had a 300 H&H that had the feeding problems that the other magnums sometimes give.  I would walk past ten 300 Win Mags to get to a 300 H&H. Maybe that's why I have half a dozen of them...

BRP

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:24:31 +0000 Steven Gabrielli on 1955 model 70 300 winmag or ? https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/1955-model-70-300-winmag-or/#p184593 Winchester Rifles https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/1955-model-70-300-winmag-or/#p184593 Ha! Must be the name. I do my own chamber casting, so I agree. 

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:05:46 +0000 JWA on "Oval P" Receiver stamped Model 94 ?? https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/oval-p-receiver-stamped-model-94/page-2/#p184591 Winchester Rifles https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/oval-p-receiver-stamped-model-94/page-2/#p184591 Thanks, I was hoping it was tied to a serial number, and that serial number was letterable with an R&R.

Best Regards,

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:49:19 +0000 1873man on "Oval P" Receiver stamped Model 94 ?? https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/oval-p-receiver-stamped-model-94/#p184589 Winchester Rifles https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/oval-p-receiver-stamped-model-94/#p184589 Jeff,

I picked that bolt up at Tulsa in a parts box.

Bob

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Steven Gabrielli said
I have the Model 70 in 300 H&H 1952 mfg and a Remington 700 in 300 Win Mag 1994 mfg. Nothing I have ever shot with either took a step.
I reload for both, but prefer the H&H just to be that guy who is different. 
just because the model 70 you’re looking at was made in 1955, doesn’t mean it wasn’t rechambered to 300 Winchester magnum sometime after 1963.
  

I tend to be that guy too.

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:29:04 +0000 JWA on "Oval P" Receiver stamped Model 94 ?? https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/oval-p-receiver-stamped-model-94/#p184586 Winchester Rifles https://winchestercollector.org/forum/winchester-rifles/oval-p-receiver-stamped-model-94/#p184586 Bob, is that bolt in an existing 1873 or is it loose?

If Winchester had replaced the bolt during an R&R it could be marked in that fashion also.  

Best Regards,

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