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Man, that's like having to cut off all yer fingers/toes except for ONE...

Ok, but it might be this one:







Custom shop M70 in my favorite round - the .264WM.. THIS baby would be all I'd ever really need...

Probably the middle one.

Did you happened to see my post about walking away from a pre-1964 Hornet for sale in a pawn shop for $75? Denver 1965.

Paul

Brent that scope looks like something out of Jose Wales. Very cool.

My pre A 52 Sporter....

Number 2 son would choose the pre-64 358 Win.













Well maybe me too.

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Very nice Ed! Sweet rifle!

Mine would have to be the 1937 Model 71 with the bolt peep in deluxe, that has never been fired. It is just too sweet to ever get rid of.

I bet....

I'm not as loony over Winchesters as some people, but over the years have owned a couple dozen Winchester rifles, including and original Low Wall in .32-20, an original High Wall in .45-70, a bunch of Model 70's including pre-'64's in .257 Roberts and a .264 Westerner, a 94 .32 Special that left the factory the month I was born, and some post-'64 Model 70's, including Classics in 6.5x55 and .280.

But right now I'm down to five: a 62A .22, a 9422M .22 Magnum, an 1892 .25-20 made in 1913, an 1894 .25-35 made in 1898, and a pre-'64 .300 H&H. If forced to keep one it would probably be the .300.

Damn, I'm still undecided on this. I've narrowed it down to my 375 H&H, model 71 and fwt 30-06

After selling off a bunch of Winnys, I still have at least 8 left. All but one are pre-1964.

All are cool. My 1886 or M70 .300 Supergrade probably the nicest looking. The 55 takedown is way cool. My 1953 M70 would probably be the most practical choice. The 88 is the one I use most. But this is the one I dig the most.......





And it's longer cousin ain't so bad either.......

Only have one. It's an 1894 26 inch octagon barrel full magazine rifle with a 5 digit serial number. First year 30-30 from what I've been able to find. It belonged to my Grandfather and was passed down to my Father and then to me. I shot a black tail deer with it in '86 and retired it. The question now is since I have no progeny who should it go to? I'm thinking a distant relative that knew my Grandfather, my Father and me.

I like the Winchesters built now. So Win Classic Short Action Featherweight in .308.

I can honestly say that of the four of this model I have owned since my first circa 1990, I have seen these, often WELL used in hard BC meat making, shoot consistently many of the tiniest groups with "max" loads of the 200 NP of ANY rifle I have shot or seen shot, this includes customs by many big name US makers, Brit. rifles by several famous makers, H&H, for one, all of the noted Euro. makers and some of these cost more than a new Toy. 4x4.

I have found them THE most "balanced" and easy to shoot "freehand" five shot, rapidfire groups of 3" at 100M, again, consistently. When, restocked in a GOOD synthetic, my latest and minty example is in a Borden-Rimrock, they shoot, for me, so well that it amazes me.

Only Brno 21H-60mm rifles and my Dakota 76-,338WM have balance quite as workable and I seem to shoot well with them, as well.

I get about 2900 at the muzzlem with the 200NP and I think that is hard to better for most hunting of bigger stuff and the recoil does not even approach my .338s or the .30 Roys I have shot for friends. YMMV, JMHO.

The damn Logo got me started, cowboy on the horse, and then I started talking with some of these nice enablers ..I mean nice guys on here. I finally bought my version of the best of the bunch for my kind of hunting, now I'm hooked.

Dewey,

Actually, I can't think of many rifles I've had in .30-06 or any .300 magnum that wouldn't shoot the 200-grain Partition pretty damn well--and also can't think of very many animals I'd be afraid to hunt with a 200 Partition at 2900.

I have the factory stock on this rifle, which isn't pristine. In fact that's one reason I bought it, because it wasn't a safe queen. It's evidently a lighter piece of walnut, because the rifle weighs 8-1/2 pounds scoped, even with the 26" barrel, and yes I do like the way it handles and points.

It would have to be my 21. It is a field grade made in the first year they put ejectors in them. Everything else is just what you don't generally want in a model 21 but is ideal for my use and I wouldn't change a thing. It has a 26 inch cylinder and modified barrel and is fantastic in a dove field.

Of any Winchester ever produced, it would have to be the Winchester "United States Rifle, Caliber .30, M1" issued to my father in 1941. Of the ones I currently have it would once again be connected to my father, either his Model 64 .30-30 Carbine or his Model 70 .270.

I love those model 71's man. I'm glad I have one of my own to fondle