Grand fathers are good! A happy combination.

[DMCI]

My grandfather was a very elegant human being. He had superb taste in firearms, and while my cousins got the bulk of his collection, he left this little jewell to me!

 

[Shack07]

That's the weirdest scope I have ever seen. Nice looking rig though.

 

[t-star]

one of my dad's reloading books had something similar- it's like one of the early lyman types, back when lyman made scopes- called the jr targetspot or something like that- look at the wood on that - absolutely superb- the scope , of course is externally adjusted-

 

[cz452shooter]

Now there is a nice looking gun! I would love to have that gun .

Winchester 52B sporter by the looks of it. A real classic nice looking gun. Take good care of that one !

 

[skeetgunner]

the scope , of course is externally adjusted-

And externally sprung for recoil protection.

 

[Clobbersauras]

I think that's an Unertl scope...if so the scope is probably worth at least as much as the rifle. There's a guy on Ebay that specializes in them repairs and sales..they go for big bucks. Your grandfather had good and expensive tastes.

Here's a link to something similar:
http://cgi.ebay.com/J-UNERTL-OPT-CO...ryZ31714QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[DMCI]

For those of you not familiar with such things, this particuar scope is a 6x fixed Unertl "Small Game Scope". I would guess that my grand father acquired it sometime in the early 50s when Unertl scopes were admired for thier optical quality, robustness and functional accuracy. Note the mounting blocks on the reciever and barrel.

Like some have said the classic rifle look from that era 55+ years ago.

 

[taffman]

Sure looks like a 52B, although mine is only a poor Winchester reproduction from S.I.R. in the mid 90's, the gun looks exactly the same.

 

[gunasauras]

Your Grand Dad sure had good taste in guns and optics....Beaut of a rifle.....you had best cherish that one!

 

[Clobbersauras]

Very, Very, Cool! I have been interested in Unertl scopes since I saw one in the bio about Carlos Hathcock. He had one on his 30-06 winchester he used in Vietnam...I think it was a 7 power and he had it zero'd at 700 yrds....