Greetings from Pearland, Texas (Houston area)
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:04 am
Just my introduction to the group. I registered a short while back but this is my first post. I started doing some research into a few of my grandfather's Winchesters for which I have been caretaker for the last few years since he passed away, and that eventually led me to this forum.
Winchester rifles in my possession include:
Model 94 30-30 (1940)
Model of 1917 30-06, sporterized (1918)
Model 62 Pump Action 22 (1932, one of the first 5000 made)
Model 04A 22 (1928, I believe)
Back in the early 1950s, my grandfather had a 4x Banner by Bushnell scope installed on the Model 94 using a Williams side-mount. He probably did that not long after those particular scopes were starting to be marketed. I'm thinking that the side mount was about the best they could do for a top-eject 94 back then (although I could be wrong), but I'm looking at taking the nearly 70-year-old 4x scope off and installing a scout scope mounted forward to not interfere with the top eject. It's still a plenty usable rifle and I'd like to do more shooting with it. I'm working with a Pearson's No-Drill Tactical Rail mount that I can install on this rifle without any drilling or modification of the rifle other than removing the rear sight.
OK, I'm guessing that's probably enough of an intro for the moment. I'd like to post more about both the Model 94 and the Model 1917 30-06 in the appropriate discussion areas later.
Thanks for allowing the intro.
Al
Winchester rifles in my possession include:
Model 94 30-30 (1940)
Model of 1917 30-06, sporterized (1918)
Model 62 Pump Action 22 (1932, one of the first 5000 made)
Model 04A 22 (1928, I believe)
Back in the early 1950s, my grandfather had a 4x Banner by Bushnell scope installed on the Model 94 using a Williams side-mount. He probably did that not long after those particular scopes were starting to be marketed. I'm thinking that the side mount was about the best they could do for a top-eject 94 back then (although I could be wrong), but I'm looking at taking the nearly 70-year-old 4x scope off and installing a scout scope mounted forward to not interfere with the top eject. It's still a plenty usable rifle and I'd like to do more shooting with it. I'm working with a Pearson's No-Drill Tactical Rail mount that I can install on this rifle without any drilling or modification of the rifle other than removing the rear sight.
OK, I'm guessing that's probably enough of an intro for the moment. I'd like to post more about both the Model 94 and the Model 1917 30-06 in the appropriate discussion areas later.
Thanks for allowing the intro.
Al