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The model 71 is my favorite lever gun/calibre combo. Years ago, I had a standard grade model 71, that I foolishly parted with and that was a move, almost immediately, that I regretted. At a local gun show a couple of years back I spotted this deluxe and had to have it!!





I did question the Winchester recoil pad. I was assured by a couple of Winchester collectors that, like the bolt mounted peep on some, the recoil pad was an extra or an option it could be had with.