My cousin needed to make room in his gun safe and handed down his father's Winchester 69a (circa mid 1940's) to me. It's a bolt action 22 with a 5 round magazine. It's got a rear aperture sight, a hooded front sight, and shoots ridiculously straight.
After shooting my .357 Rossi 92 for a while even with soft hand loads, I was still checking every other round on the Winchester to make sure it actually fired (they all did). It's that quiet and smooth and a fun pea shooter.
Since it didn't happen without pictures, here they are:
New (to me) Vintage Winchester 69a
New (to me) Vintage Winchester 69a
Bruce
Rossi R92 16" SS .357
Lee Classic Turret Press
Don't eat anything bigger than your head!
Rossi R92 16" SS .357
Lee Classic Turret Press
Don't eat anything bigger than your head!
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Re: New (to me) Vintage Winchester 69a
VERY SWEET!
I'm a sucker for a nice rimfire OR a nice Winchester.
I'm a sucker for a nice rimfire OR a nice Winchester.
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Re: New (to me) Vintage Winchester 69a
Exactly what I started with minus the after market sights. Still have it and it still shoot. Back when I had a little old Weaver 4x on it, still have it but it's a bit cloudy.
Make smoke,
Make smoke,
Curt... makin' smoke and raising my carbon foot print one cartridge at a time