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November 7, 2015
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Saw an interesting and apparently well-made Winchester O/U today, model # was 5500. Looks like it would make a good Sporting Clays or possibly a field gun. Story is it belonged to a retired Winchester employee and wasn’t widely available.
June 5, 2015
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The 5500 (and 6500) was the successor to the Winchester 101, all made by the Olin-Kodensha factory in Tochigi, Japan. They were sold on the European market, but a few made it back home to the USA. Very good clay sport gun. There are some video on , and Cabala has some available in the gun library for sale. You won’t be disappointed if it has been cared for. But then I may be totally wrong.?
Vince
Southern Oregon
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Fraternal Order of Eagles
“There is but one answer to be made to the dynamite bomb and that can best be made by the Winchester rifle.”
Teddy Roosevelt
November 7, 2015
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This one felt very good, possibly a bit heavy but that is probably a good thing. Felt very solid and the engraving (laser?) was quite attractive. Felt and handled like a much more expensive shotgun. I shoot a lot of trap and dabble at skeet but haven’t even ventured over to our club’s 5-stand range. Any idea when they were made?
June 5, 2015
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TXGunNut said
This one felt very good, possibly a bit heavy but that is probably a good thing. Felt very solid and the engraving (laser?) was quite attractive. Felt and handled like a much more expensive shotgun. I shoot a lot of trap and dabble at skeet but haven’t even ventured over to our club’s 5-stand range. Any idea when they were made?
Made by the Olin-Kodensha factory in Tochigi, Japan. Said to be a very good and popular shotgun in Europe for clays.
Vince
Southern Oregon
NRA member
Fraternal Order of Eagles
“There is but one answer to be made to the dynamite bomb and that can best be made by the Winchester rifle.”
Teddy Roosevelt
November 7, 2015
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The one on Cabelas site is the one I fondled.
