From Outdoor Life's Deer Hunting Book, Maine Biggest Buck by Horace R. Hinkley.
"My rifle was one that very few of today's hunters have heard of, a Winchester Model 1886 in .33 caliber. In Maine we used to call it a moose gun because of its knockdown power." He indicates that the rear sight was a Lyman peep with the small center ring removed.
He also says that he had to replace in later years with a Remington 742 in 30-06 when the barrel "played out."
JDK there ya go....thanks, that's the rifle.
I knew it was older medium bore lever...
I loved the deer hunting stories from that era......that is such a great article.The stuff is so free of so much of the technology that we have today.Hard to beat those old Maine woodcutters in the deer woods,too, and how they explained things.....I hunted a few days back in the 70's with an oldtimer named "Don"....had a cabin back on the Harvey Siding Rd.....he was a great old guy and a really excellent woodsman. Suspect Hinckley was cut from the same bolt of cloth....
