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gregarat · December 4th, 2005, 10:11 PM

Ohhh! Its Winchester show off time

. Please excuse the mess, Im getting ready to visit to N.Y.S. in a few days.

Here's my Gramps 94. It was made between 1943 – 1948, with Willams peep sights. As you can see he shot atleast 43 bucks with it. I say at least, because he didn't have the time to make all of the checks it the stock.
I shot 3 bucks with it. I made no checks, its an heir-loom piece.

Bruces45 · December 4th, 2005, 10:21 PM

OD, whats the scoupe on this rifle?

I bet it has alot of stories to tell if it could talk

Gotta love the old winchesters

Greg, fine win you got there, I bet that could tell some stories too.

rocky · December 4th, 2005, 10:41 PM

you sure have a lot of lever guns there Bruce. Collectors pieces?

OD · December 5th, 2005, 01:23 AM

gregarat,

You're "flatband" could have been made as late as 1949, Winchester returned to the contoured barrel band around serial 1,550,000. Nice lookin' Winny.

Do you have Madis's "The Winchester Book"?
1942 started at serial 1,287,469
and
1949 started at serial 1,500,000.

OD · December 5th, 2005, 01:38 AM

Bruce,

The 1911 rifle, as the story goes, came from the Yukon Territories. I bought it from a neighbor and have no reason to doubt him, but who knows?

One thing I did find interesting about the old rifle was the magazine spring. When I got the rifle it felt awfully "mushy", when I took her apart I found someone had installed the shorter carbine spring in the mag and used a plug to get it to work. The plug was whittled out of a stick.

December 5th, 2005, 01:23 AM	#44
OD VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vatican City Posts: 2,735	gregarat, You're "flatband" could have been made as late as 1949, Winchester returned to the contoured barrel band around serial 1,550,000. Nice lookin' Winny. Do you have Madis's "The Winchester Book"? 1942 started at serial 1,287,469 and 1949 started at serial 1,500,000. __________________ OD "Slow down, you'll get a more harmonious outcome...." -------------------------------------------- *"The pistol, learn it well, carry it always ..." - Jeff Cooper* Last edited by OD; December 5th, 2005 at 01:43 AM.

December 5th, 2005, 01:38 AM	#45
OD VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vatican City Posts: 2,735	Bruce, The 1911 rifle, as the story goes, came from the Yukon Territories. I bought it from a neighbor and have no reason to doubt him, but who knows? One thing I did find interesting about the old rifle was the magazine spring. When I got the rifle it felt awfully "mushy", when I took her apart I found someone had installed the shorter carbine spring in the mag and used a plug to get it to work. The plug was whittled out of a stick. __________________ OD "Slow down, you'll get a more harmonious outcome...." -------------------------------------------- *"The pistol, learn it well, carry it always ..." - Jeff Cooper*

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December 4th, 2005, 10:21 PM	#42
Bruces45 Administrative Ban Join Date: May 2005 Location: Warrensburg, NY Posts: 1,550	OD, whats the scoupe on this rifle? I bet it has alot of stories to tell if it could talk Gotta love the old winchesters Greg, fine win you got there, I bet that could tell some stories too.

December 4th, 2005, 10:41 PM	#43
rocky Senior Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: MI Posts: 11,767	you sure have a lot of lever guns there Bruce. Collectors pieces?