Lets get a some lever action #### going

Yes towards the top is a 99C with a scope in super rare 284.
And at the bottom, 4th from left is a mint unfired 99C in 22 -250, and next to it is a rare and mint 99C in 7mm-08.

Some of the rarest calibers to find a 99 in are some of the last ones manufactured in the late '70's and early '80's,(358, 375 etc)
and despite what some people think, they were very well made!

None of mine have cracks or other issues, and all are pretty well 100% original and in excellent condition.
 
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Picked up this 3 month old beauty (Winchester 94 Trails End in 450 marlin) & 2 boxes of 325 grain Hornady FTX LeveRevolution ammo from a friend who was financially embarrassed and needed to drop a payment on his mortgage or be sent packing by the bank for a cool $grand on the barrel head. They are going for over $1200 online so I got a good deal for a virtually new gun.
He said he never got a chance to fire it and all 40 of the shells were all in the boxes.
I installed a Leupold Rifleman 2-7x33mm scope I took off a recently sold gun on it and bore-sighted it yesterday.
The action was factory stiff but after a couple of drops of machine oil and cranking the action 500 times while watching TV it is slick as eel snot.
The gun takes down to 3 pieces in about 20 seconds. That will be handy for bush plane fly-in trips.
Now to the range to see how it shoots.
 
Just go this 336BL, great little bush gun!
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Very nice 93 Brian. Nice Marlins like that are very hard to find up here, but you do find some dandies.

I have not posted anything in quite some time, I find myself very busy with work these days, and everything else it seems. But, I managed to snap a couple photos of 1 of 2 old Winchesters I picked up recently. They are not the best photos given they were taken in the dying hours of the day, but it is a very nice rifle, better than these photos show.
I am very proud of this one, it is fairly scarce and special. It is a Winchester 1894 Deluxe Extra Lightweight Takedown rifle with 22" barrel. It has H style PG checkered stocks with 3X wood and oil finish, a hard rubber shotgun buttplate, 1/2 magazine, Lyman tang sight, Platinum Lined 3 leaf Express rear sight and Lyman front. The special thing about the gun is it was shipped to Britain and has several British proof marks on the rear top of the barrel, upper receiver, etc. Most of the Winchesters you see that went to Britain as sporting rifles were most often - or so it seems - in the larger calibers, for expeditions, etc. Maybe this one went Red deer hunting in Scotland, who knows. Too bad the old guns can't talk. Here are a couple photos. It is hard to tell, but the gun even has lots of nitre blue color left on the loading gate, and a fair bit of case coloring.





Matt
 
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Matt74 said:
Very nice 93 Brian. Nice Marlins like that are very hard to find up here, but you do find some dandies.

I have not posted anything in quite some time, I find myself very busy with work these days, and everything else it seems. But, I managed to snap a couple photos of 1 of 2 old Winchesters I picked up recently. They are not the best photos given they were taken in the dying hours of the day, but it is a very nice rifle, better than these photos show.
I am very proud of this one, it is fairly scarce and special. It is a Winchester 1894 Deluxe Extra Lightweight Takedown rifle with 22" barrel. It has H style checkered stocks with 3X wood and oil finish, a hard rubber shotgun buttplate, 1/2 magazine, Lyman tang sight, 3 leaf Express rear and Lyman front. The special thing about the gun is it was shipped to Britain and has several British proof marks on the rear top of the barrel, upper receiver, etc. Most of the Winchesters you see that went to Britain as sporting rifles were most often - or so it seems - in the larger calibers, for expeditions, etc. Maybe this one went Red deer hunting in Scotland, who knows. Too bad the old guns can't talk. Here are a couple photos. It is hard to tell, but the gun even has lots of nitre blue color left on the loading gate, and a fair bit of case coloring.





Matt
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OMG. I positively love this rifle. Congratulations for having it in your life. Im very jealous
 
Now, now, lets not be jealous :)
Seriously though, thanks. I love this rifle too. My focus in Winchesters is the Model 1894 / 94. But, within the model, I am trying to focus on high condition and or rare Takedown and Deluxe rifles. They are especially hard to find up here, that is why my collection is relatively small, and my finds / purchases, few and far between. That is part of the enjoyment, the hunt for that special gun.
As far as this rifle goes, the part I like best is of course the wood, and I do like short rifles. This one has a barrel that is 4 inches shorter than standard. The Model 1894 / 94 came standard with a 26" barrel, but shorter and longer ones are out there, just hard to find. I forgot to mention that one of the neat things about this gun - and this goes back to it's life in Britain - is that it also came with two partially full, and when I say partially full I mean 4 cartridges, lol, of Kynoch ammo. Over here we know it as the old 30-30 or 30WCF, but over there it was 7.62x51R. Here is a photo of the boxes. A nice piece of history to have with the gun. I would like to know what game was taken with the cartridges missing from the boxes.
Matt
 
Wow! Matt74, that rifle is absolutely gorgeous!!! Deluxe wood just has a way of raising the beauty of a classic levergun to a whole new level. Those missing cartridges probably accounted for a few of those British Isles Red Deer stags, and it may have made a trip or two to the continent for wild boar. Maybe someday I'll own a beautiful deluxe classic Winchester. Right now, my Model 53 with fancy wood is the closest thing I have to it.
 
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Wow! Matt74, that rifle is absolutely gorgeous!!! Deluxe wood just has a way of raising the beauty of a classic levergun to a whole new level. Those missing cartridges probably accounted for a few of those British Isles Red Deer stags, and it may have made a trip or two to the continent for wild boar. Maybe someday I'll own a beautiful deluxe classic Winchester. Right now, my Model 53 with fancy wood is the closest thing I have to it.
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Thanks Kirk. Yes, I've always said it is the wood that makes the gun. A careful inspection of this one shows the lower left tang is stamped "###" indicating 3X deluxe grained wood. It is one of the nicest sets of wood I have on a gun. The other 1894 I picked up at the same time (also a deluxe model) also has really beautiful wood. When I get a bit more time, I'll snap a few pics of that one as well. If I can find some time this weekend, maybe I'll try to do a shot of them together. Yes, I like to think those missing cartridges account for such an animal, but I'll have to keep on imagining I guess. I'll tell you, the gun sure does feel good in this configuration, comes up fast and lines up real well with those sights. I am interested to see how the ol' gal shoots.

Matt
 
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