Classic = Not Made Like This Anymore...
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Re: Classic = Not Made Like This Anymore...
I agree 100%!
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That's a real dandy....After I got my 1951, my 336 felt like a club, and I sold it.
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This is one of those vintage Winchester lost records (fire) 1943 to 1948 numbers.
By my math calculations it's a vin. 1943.
First 4 of the serial # 1312.
By my math calculations it's a vin. 1943.
First 4 of the serial # 1312.
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SWEET !! Nice ones are getting harder to find and of course more spendy. I have a couple that are as nice,or very close, as yours.
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Re: Classic = Not Made Like This Anymore...
Nothing quite as nice, nice to carry all day.
Grew up hunting deer with my dad, we each had
one, mine given to me by my great aunt who
hunted with it in the Yukon where she lived.
It was a 32 Special as was my dads. I sold it
when I was hard up for money, now I would
give my right arm for it.
Grew up hunting deer with my dad, we each had
one, mine given to me by my great aunt who
hunted with it in the Yukon where she lived.
It was a 32 Special as was my dads. I sold it
when I was hard up for money, now I would
give my right arm for it.
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Ouchdaisygordoninc wrote:Nothing quite as nice, nice to carry all day.
Grew up hunting deer with my dad, we each had
one, mine given to me by my great aunt who
hunted with it in the Yukon where she lived.
It was a 32 Special as was my dads. I sold it
when I was hard up for money, now I would
give my right arm for it.
I know it doesn't lesson the pain,
but I'm sure most of us have done the same not so smart thing.
I have, and unfortunately more than once.
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I hope it shoots as well as it looks cause it sure looks nice.
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As a matter of fact, and I hate to admit this, I just got around to getting to the range with this one last week. I've had this one since early January of this year.Rusty wrote:I hope it shoots as well as it looks cause it sure looks nice.
Open sights at 50 yards with almost 55 year old eye's turned out to be acceptable.
I'll post a picture.
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I've got several like it... just not as nice! I still need guides for a 1963 NIB receiver that I came across...
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Excellent assessment...BlaineG wrote:That's a real dandy....After I got my 1951, my 336 felt like a club, and I sold it.
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That's a beaut!! I've got one made in 1950 with the long forend like yours. GOOOOD looking rifles!!! Mine's #1658XXX
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I bought mine new I think about 1956. I would have been 15 years old. I soon had the pad put on for LOP and a williams foolproof. I shot a number of deer with it and relagated it to the safe for many years as I have many more "sophisticated" rifles. A couple years ago I took it to the bench and was again surprised of the accuracy. I have had that gun for almost 60 years and have never had to readjust the peep. I believe I once killed a buck at a measured 220 paces with it.
This is a model 64 30-30 mfg about 1953 to 1955. It looked unfired when I bought it in the 1970`s. I might have put at the most one or two box's through it trying it out.
I cant recall if I shot this buck with my 94 or a shotgun as I lived in Wisconsin and some county's were shotgun only. I shot deer with both, but I was about that age when I bought it. I recall paying I think, $65 for it.
This is a model 64 30-30 mfg about 1953 to 1955. It looked unfired when I bought it in the 1970`s. I might have put at the most one or two box's through it trying it out.
I cant recall if I shot this buck with my 94 or a shotgun as I lived in Wisconsin and some county's were shotgun only. I shot deer with both, but I was about that age when I bought it. I recall paying I think, $65 for it.
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That picture is a treasure Bill.
Awesome buck as well.
Awesome buck as well.
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What year did Winchester make the mistake (IMHO) of going to the snubnosed forearm?Daisyman wrote:That's a beaut!! I've got one made in 1950 with the long forend like yours. GOOOOD looking rifles!!! Mine's #1658XXX
Irv
The 1943 with the 2" beyond the barrel band.
And the 1961 with 3/4" beyond the barrel band.
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An old 94 carbine is just something to look at and handle. When I open the safe all the lever guns are on the first row and a 94 is what I always pick up first, usually the 1939.
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Ditto that.JerryB wrote:An old 94 carbine is just something to look at and handle. When I open the safe all the lever guns are on the first row and a 94 is what I always pick up first, usually the 1939.
Though sometimes the old 73 comes out to play first
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'53 to '54, depending on who's tellin'.cshold wrote:What year did Winchester make the mistake (IMHO) of going to the snubnosed forearm?
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Re: Classic = Not Made Like This Anymore...
Thanks Griff.Griff wrote:'53 to '54, depending on who's tellin'.cshold wrote:What year did Winchester make the mistake (IMHO) of going to the snubnosed forearm?
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Hey, that's a right spify looking carbine. I got one ... somewhere
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Very classy rifles gents.
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I'm like the rest, I don't know the year they stopped using them. I had a 1947 flat band with the long forend get away from me like a dummy. (sold it) I didn't really know how scarce they were.cshold wrote:What year did Winchester make the mistake (IMHO) of going to the snubnosed forearm?Daisyman wrote:That's a beaut!! I've got one made in 1950 with the long forend like yours. GOOOOD looking rifles!!! Mine's #1658XXX
Irv
The 1943 with the 2" beyond the barrel band.
And the 1961 with 3/4" beyond the barrel band.
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CS: I like the spectacles in that first photo, too.
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Thanks.Bill in Oregon wrote:CS: I like the spectacles in that first photo, too.
Believe it or not they're less than 2 months old.
I wear them every day. I'm really liking them.
I wasn't sure about the no nose pads, bridge only.
Very lightweight and comfortable. They were rather pricey though.
I'm into the vintage look so I don't mind spending a little more to get the look