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Geez you people have nice collections and displays. Mine just get buried in the safes and "rediscovered" every 5-10 years.

Oh man, good luck getting the 52. Post some pics if you do!!! Thanks..

I really like my 52 sporter, but the trigger is not nearly as nice as the old '49 model B target rifle. I don't have the collection some of you guys do, but I sure do enjoy shooting them:


I didn't really want to compare them side by side, because my favorite is my old '49. That rifle is so smooth. I only shot a couple groups with the iron sighted 52B that day, and then put it away:


Those are 10 shot groups. The 52 sporter is a great shooter, but I think it got a little shook up, having its granddad sitting next to it on the bench!!



The old iron sight rifle put a little whoopin on the youngster. The nice thing about it is, I just keep the rifles right where they are on the bench. I shoot the irons right handed, and the scoped rifles left handed.


The only other Winchester rimfire in the arsenal is a new to me model 320. I'm really loving that rifle:

I call that one my miniature model 70... It's nice and light, and it also shoots pretty dang well too:


Like I was telling my girlfriend, there are other guys like me. They put target sights on rifles like this, when they shoot really well. This one was set up with a rear aperture at one time, and still has the front lyman target sight on it. Non original of course, but a tell tale sign of a "sleeper". Generally when I run across rifles like this, I snag them because I know they are going to shoot well.

The 52 sporter above was the same way when I got it: Set up with irons...



I pulled the rear aperture sight off, and put filler screws in the holes and scoped it, since I already have the 52B target model. The Japanese did a fine job on that rifle. I have no complaints.

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I don’t mind target sights either on a sporter. I will probably have to add one to my Rem 513 S. Been looking for a stith mount ring to add a scope but they are far and few between.
I like your 52 and 320, Im not sure I ever have seen a 320 in person

Thanks buddy. A 513S would be damn cool. One of my buddies has a 513T, and that one shoots very well. The Sporter version is much more trim and attractive looking though. Harder to find too!!

Yeah, I had never seen a 320 out in the wild either. When I first saw it, hanging on the wall, I thought to myself, that looks like a miniature model 70. Didn't realize it was a Winchester until I pulled it down to look at it.

It was hanging there with some CZ's:


I didn't even know about them, until I researched them a little, after seeing it there. It sure was calling my name though. Very happy that I bought it. If I found another one, I'd buy it. This one was $374.95.. They lowered the price a little for me, as they wanted $400... He said he was not making any money on it, but I'm a good customer...

I'll play, a low wall ordered in 1891 in 25 Winchester then rebarreled in 1908 by Winchester to .22LR. ( I lettered it and it shows it was returned to the factory in 1908, I assume the barrel).

The gun has

Upgraded wood and checkering
ebony inserts on forearm and grip
#3 weight, 30" Octagon Barrel (gun is close to 10lbs)
Swiss Buttplate
Midrange Vernier Tang sight
Three leaf rear sight
Globe front sight

Fun post, thank you all. Wow, neat collections

Nice low wall Rob!

Great looking rifles.

Nice collection of Winchester 22s. I have had or still own some of those models. Some I traded off for something else and wish I had it back. Got grandfathers 67 with the finger groove stock. A 68 that I gave $10 for when I was 13. An older kid in my neighborhood got a Yamaha street bike that
needed gas. Collected Winchester single shots back when they were cheap and everyone wanted semi automatics. Had model 37 Winchester shotguns in the mix. Had a 74 that I found in my smith’s trash can. Only problem was that it was fully automatic. Had a 75 for my son and we traded it on a nice LeFever 16 gauge double on his 16th birthday. He read Roark’s “The Old Man and the Boy too many times. Several years back I found a 69a that had been found behind the back seat of a Ford pickup in a junkyard. I am restoring it. I shot the 52 D in ARNG 3 position small bore competition. I had a 320 that I traded off to my son for his heavy to him CZ 452 Trainer. The 320 was my main squirrel rifle and shot groups like yours. The son had used the 320 growing up and wanted it for sentimental reasons. Did have 4-5 67’s that I gave to my sons. Still have some 37’s in 12 and 16 gauges. Had a 410 that I bought my middle son. I t didn’t have an extractor so we got a “church key” (old timey beer can opener) that we tied a string to it and the trigger guard. He used it forever like that. He finally had his smith to put in an extractor and it cost $35 as much as I paid for it in a pawn shop. Great memories from your post.