salvo
.30 Stingray
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Post by salvo on Jun 21, 2009 15:09:50 GMT -5
Any other fans of the Winchester 71 and the .348WCF? Lets see them! Here is my 1957   And my Browning Model 71   The groups were shot at 50 yds. As you can see the Browning shoots a hair better than the Winchester with these loads any way. |
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 22, 2009 0:12:30 GMT -5
Wish I could find one
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Post by Gary @ R&G on Jun 23, 2009 13:47:16 GMT -5
They are not hard to find. Just pricey. I have a 57 which isnt near as pretty as yours Salvo. Been thinkniong about sending it to JG for a facelift.
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 24, 2009 0:40:46 GMT -5
Leverguns in general are getting pretty tough to come by out hee unless you buy brand spanking new, seems the ranchers gave up on them for bolt guns about 20 years ago and a lot of them left the area, they used to be the go to saddle gun
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Post by Lee Martin on Jun 24, 2009 7:44:41 GMT -5
The 71 is my favorite levergun too. I have a Browning from the late 1980s and my dad has 4 or 5 original 71s in his Winchester collection. He bought most of them back in the 1970s we even Deluxes could be had for $300 - $400. I like the round so much I converted a Siamese Mauser to 348 a few years back. -Lee www.singleactions.com |
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Post by Lee Martin on Jun 24, 2009 7:47:11 GMT -5
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salvo
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Post by salvo on Jun 24, 2009 9:47:12 GMT -5
Thanks Lee & Gary, sure would have been nice to buy a safe full of them back then!
nobearsyet, you just need to widen your search, I did not find these local either. The Winchester was worked into a trade of an old Bussy Badger Attack knife that I had and the Browning was a straight across trade of a Bushmaster DCM rifle that I was trying to sell at the time.
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