New to me Winchester
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New to me Winchester
After the post about commemoratives, I bid on GB for a Legendary Lawman. No one was bidding on it. Pics were horrible and it looked beat. I emailed the seller. He assured me it was like new and possibly unfired. He was selling it for a third party. He was also a LEO from a neighboring agency I used to worked for so I trusted him. I got it for a little over 800. It arrived and I was dissapointed. It looked crappy, faded but not scratched, wood was nice and the bore looked new.
I figured I got a decent 30-30 shooter in a Trapper so what the heck.
Then I took some Flitz and polished the sideplates and bands. Wow! What I thought were scratches came right out and it polished out great. I just did a quick job and was impressed! It's still going to be a shooter, but a nice looker too. May use it on antelope or a cow elk!
I figured I got a decent 30-30 shooter in a Trapper so what the heck.
Then I took some Flitz and polished the sideplates and bands. Wow! What I thought were scratches came right out and it polished out great. I just did a quick job and was impressed! It's still going to be a shooter, but a nice looker too. May use it on antelope or a cow elk!
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Re: New to me Winchester
Lovely! Amazing what a bit of elbow grease can do to spruce something up. Now, how does it shoot?
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Very nice!!
I sure wish we could still buy .30-30 Silvertip ammo......just in the same red and yellow cardboard boxes.
I sure wish we could still buy .30-30 Silvertip ammo......just in the same red and yellow cardboard boxes.
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Bought a few boxes of commemorative ammo one time when they showed up.
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A nice find, congratulations...
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Re: New to me Winchester
The commemoratives were known to use the best available barrels, so most of them were very good shooters.
a Pennsylvanian who has been accused of clinging to my religion and my guns......Good assessment skills.