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I recently received these two rifles from my granddads. Both of these belonged to my great grandfathers. The Winchester on my Dad's side and the and the Marlin on my Mom's.

The Winchester is a model 60 slide action chambered in .22 LR or Short and was manufactured in 1926. It is like new and shoots well.

The Marlin is a Model 27 slide action and is chambered in 25-20 WCF. It was bought my great granddad in 1914 but since there are no serial numbers on it we aren't totally sure how old it is. It does have an interesting scroll mark on the barrel that says "Special Smokeless Powder". It was used heavily and as a result the barrel is shot out and needs to be re-lined. I've looked into a few people to do it and will be sending it off soon.

I hope everyone enjoys the pics.

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Great looking rifles!

You can have some great fun with some .22 CB ammo in that Winchester.

Very nice.

looked to me like the Winchester was stamped for 22 Long

It's stamped for .22 longs and shorts.

gregthehand wrote:I recently received these two rifles from my granddads. Both of these belonged to my great grandfathers. The Winchester on my Dad's side and the and the Marlin on my Mom's.

The Winchester is a model 60 slide action chambered in .22 LR or Short and was manufactured in 1926. It is like new and shoots well.

The Marlin is a Model 27 slide action and is chambered in 25-20 WCF. It was bought my great granddad in 1914 but since there are no serial numbers on it we aren't totally sure how old it is. It does have an interesting scroll mark on the barrel that says "Special Smokeless Powder". It was used heavily and as a result the barrel is shot out and needs to be re-lined. I've looked into a few people to do it and will be sending it off soon.

I hope everyone enjoys the pics.

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The Winchester looks like it's a Model 90 (aka Mod 1890) chambered in .22 long, not a Model 60. Winchester Model 60 is a bolt action single shot rifle. I have one. The picture is not real clear but looks .22 Long only unless there' a stamp somewhere else. Here's a link for the Model 1890 which was designated to just Model 90 in 1919 about serial number 640,000 per blue book. They have a caution about not shooting .22 shorts in a rifle chambered for .22 long if the barrel is marked [abbreviated profanity deleted] a single caliber only. No idea why. The link also has serial number/year mfg info if it is indeed a Model 90

http://twoponies.home.mindspring.com/mo ... rences.htm

I had a Model 1890 chambered for 22 shorts (originally known as the "gallery gun") for about 35 years. Got it in a trade (about $15 worth) with a good friend when in high school. I had many, many years of extreme pleasure with that gun, but got real sentimental about my old friend and gave him the gun at our 35th clas reunion. Although he didn't own any guns, or probably didn't care to, I knew the gun was something his Dad had owned, and since his Dad died in a military accident while they were stationed in SE Asia in the easrly 60's I wanted my friend to have something to research in his family history. I think losing that one hurt me a lot more than it helped him. That gun was worth about $600-700 on the market, but was priceless to me. I hope it's priceless to him.

Anyway, I would suggest not trying to chamber anything in the Winchester that it's not stamped explicitly for. They can be found, but .22 Long isn't on every shelf. I still have a box or two with a 47 cent price tag on them.


surv

mr surveyor wrote:I had a Model 1890 chambered for 22 shorts (originally known as the "gallery gun") for about 35 years. Got it in a trade (about $15 worth) with a good friend when in high school. I had many, many years of extreme pleasure with that gun, but got real sentimental about my old friend and gave him the gun at our 35th clas reunion. Although he didn't own any guns, or probably didn't care to, I knew the gun was something his Dad had owned, and since his Dad died in a military accident while they were stationed in SE Asia in the easrly 60's I wanted my friend to have something to research in his family history. I think losing that one hurt me a lot more than it helped him. That gun was worth about $600-700 on the market, but was priceless to me. I hope it's priceless to him.

Anyway, I would suggest not trying to chamber anything in the Winchester that it's not stamped explicitly for. They can be found, but .22 Long isn't on every shelf. I still have a box or two with a 47 cent price tag on them.


surv

I have a model 62 Winchester which you probably know is the modern version of the 1890 and 1906. It was my favorite gun as a kid. I retrieved it from my brother a couple of years ago when I saw it covered in dust in a corner with the slide back and the action open. It wouldn't close. He'd lost three pins and the firing pin stop out of the action. He had no idea what happened so I asked him if I could take it and try to fix it, which I did. I had a hard time finding solid pins (rolled pins are easy to find). It shoots perfectly fine now and it's mine! Sorry Bro'! I know how you feel about your 1890.