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    Weekend GunShow M-70's

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    The Rifle That Never Was

    Aficionados of Winchester rifles are well aware that the M-70 rifle , in its Pre-64 listings, was never offered in .223 Rem caliber, nor its 1950's forbearer the.222 Rem even during the era of its runaway popularity.. But when there is sufficient will, there is always a way, especially when...
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    Mystery M-70's

    This is one of the M-70 target rifles made by Winchester in 1994 or early ’95. At which time Winchester was interested in reestablishing their former target rifle dominance. As details in pics show, the rifle has a stainless CRF short action identifiable by clip slots in rear bridge and...
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    Newton's Final Rifle

    The thread about rare rifles, (Elsewhere in this forum) caused me to remember a curious rifle that has been hiding itself in a dark and dusty corner of my gun room. It's a 1924 product of Charles Newton's (1868-1932) third and final foray in the firearms manufacturing business. Though perhaps...
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    Shotgun Bore Scrubber

    I hope someone here can help me find shotgun bore scrubbing strips like shown in attached photo. The replaceable strips have steel wool embedded and do a great job eliminating lead streaking and other hard fouling. I bought it many years ago and finally ran out of the strips, there is no name...
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    .222Hornet? Redux

    A few days ago I opened a thread showing photos of a Pre-64 M-70 Winchester that had been converted from .22 Hornet to .222 Rem., mentioning that over the years I've owned three such conversions. One, as shown in thread, a second, which was equally nice, went to a friend. The third one however...
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    .222 HORNET?

    Ever see a .222 Hornet? That caliber never existed that I know of, yet there were rifles so marked. I've had three of them, all Pre-64 M-70 Winchesters. They came about back in the 1950's, 60's when the .222 Remington was new and popular. Winchester didn't offer .222 chambering at that time...
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    S&W trigger "backlash"?

    The trigger on my S&W M-57 sometimes (more frequent recently) forcefully jumps forward when I fire (pulling trigger) from cocked position. Hammer fall is greatly reduced at same time. It works normally when fired double action. Is this something to be returned to factory for repair or...
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    Unusual reloading press

    Interesting compact reloading press. Has no name, anyone recognize?
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    What is this?

    Attached is photo of item I came across with Dillon Precision emblem but have no idea what it is. It is plastic, there is no number. Assume it is for Dillon reloading tool or accessory. But what does it do and for which tool? Thanks in advance for any help.
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    SuperShoot coming up

    The biggest gathering of super accurate rifles and world's top accuracy experts are at the annual benchrest SuperShoot, held May 21-24. A good time to come and watch and learn will be May 17-20 (This coming weekend) when rifles and ammo are being tuned by some 300 of they world's top marksmen...
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    New World Accuracy Record

    I saw on benchrest website that there was a probable new world accuracy record for light varmint class (10.5 lbs) rifle shot last week. Said average size of five 5-shot 100 yd groups was .1328" which is close to 1/8." Didn't say what rifle, caliber, bullets and powder were used but would be...
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    Lion huntress

    I found this photo on the net at an unrelated site. Does anyone know who this pretty woman is or anything about how she got those two big lions? Must be quite a story.
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    M-70 with clip slots

    Attached is a close-up photo of my Winchester M-70 target rifle with stripper clip slots in bridge. It is a SS Post-64, CRF short action. Several shooters have told me that very few of these were made before Winchester stopped making target rifles and that Post-64 clip slotted receivers are...
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    Taurus "Raging Bee"

    Attached is a photo of .218 Bee case fired in my Taurus "Raging Bee" revolver compared to unfired round. Obviously, the gun has grossly bad chambers and I'm wondering how it could have gotten by final inspection and test firing. Is this typical Taurus quality?
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    Timed pistol target turner

    Does anyone have information on the timed turning pistol target stands sold several years ago by the late Frank Thomas? I need parts for mine, especially the audio tape that gave range commands and signaled the target turner. Thanks
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    Caldwell Hammr Rest

    Just curious, has anyone here used the Caldwell Hammr handgun machine rest? What is opinion(s) and how does it compare with Ransom Rest?
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    New Benchrest Record!!

    A pending (Subject to certification by NBRSA Records Committee) 200 yard record was established by Johnny Stewart, of Ky, Sunday, July 19th. Fired at the Southeastern Regional Benchrest Tournament, held at Unaka R&G Club near Johnson City, Tn. Stewart's tiny 200 yard 5-shot group measured only...
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