BigUglyMan
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- New Scotland
Well, as Jerry down on 9th Ave once said "That's like asking the difference between a Ford and a f*king Ferrari!"
Winchester supergrade
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wolf300H&H
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- Cabin in central Alberta
Those maple ones
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- Southern Vancouver Island
I'd take a Ford GT over any fookin' Ferrari..Dang straight!
Leavenworth
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- Lowermainland B.C.
Mr Rigpig . That rifle is a real gem ! What year was it manufactured please ?
That is a question I do not have an answer to... I know its "recent" manufacture,
Imported by BACO Inc, Morgan, Utah
Made in Portugal by Browning Viana
Looks like I have to call in to get a date, can't just look it up on a chart.
Here’s a few more pics:
- Location
- Calgary, AB
- Location
- Rockland, ON
Nice rifles, let's bump this thread.
New to me. Judging from the G17920 serial number its a Super Grade from just after the CRF was re-introduced circa 1992. I installed an also new to me Leupold VX3i 4.5-14x40 SF 30mm tube on Leupold STD mounts. It shoots very well. Target is from my first sighting in range trip using PPU Rifleline 150 grain M1 Garand rifle ammunition. I'll try Federal Premium 165 grain Nosler Partitions and Federal 165 grain Fusions for my final 200 yard sighting in. Very pleased with it so far.
New to me. Judging from the G17920 serial number its a Super Grade from just after the CRF was re-introduced circa 1992. I installed an also new to me Leupold VX3i 4.5-14x40 SF 30mm tube on Leupold STD mounts. It shoots very well. Target is from my first sighting in range trip using PPU Rifleline 150 grain M1 Garand rifle ammunition. I'll try Federal Premium 165 grain Nosler Partitions and Federal 165 grain Fusions for my final 200 yard sighting in. Very pleased with it so far.
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- Location
- Rockland, ON
Not exactly sure of the year but mine's in .30-06 Springfield
NAA
FN acquired Browning circa 1977. It then picked up the pieces of USRAC circa 1989 and closed the New Haven plant in 2006. The Winchester name continued under FN Herstal and came back marked BACO circa 2008. The FN/Browning/Winchester legacy has been around a long time.
The FN Browning A Bolt rifles have had a two letter date code in their serial numbers since circa 1977 (see image below). In the post 2008 Winchester model 70 BACO rifles the fourth and fifth digits look to me like the date code that the Browning A Bolts used. I know of a 2008 DOM Model 70 with a serial number that starts 35AMP###xx. The MP in the Browning system is 2008.
It makes sense to me that, with FN owning the whole lot, that BACO would have used an existing in house DOM code in their serial number rather than creating some new system.
Your rifle looks to me like a post 2008 BACO rifle, and a beauty at that. Would the fourth and fifth digits, when applied to the Browning two letter DOM system, be consistent with what you believe the DOM is of your rifle?
- Location
- Rockland, ON
My late New Haven Supergrade in .338WM. I am a long-time admirer of the Win70 but oddly enough I haven't owned many. When this one came along, it filled two gaps in my current gun safes. First: it was a .338WM, a favourite cartridge from way back, but I sold my last one and haven't had one for years so this was a natural must-have.
Second: this is my very first honest-to-goodness-CRF-all-steel-beautiful-walnut proper Winchester model 70! I've pretty much done as much long-distance-travel hunting as I'm likely to, but there are still drive-to hunts for moose and elk fairly close by. Plus, I don't get all righteous and giddy at the idea of so-called "overkill"; this gun will take some deer on my place, and will definitely participate in a few coyote exterminations. Hunts like that are fun for many reasons, and one of them is the chance to use cool guns that aren't the bare minimum for the game in question. And the gun isn't too nice to take hunting; rather, it's just nice enough to add an extra element of joy to any hunt it goes on.
This gun needs two alterations to make it perfect IMHO. First, of course, it needs some good open sights. I will likely never use them on game but they've just gotta be there!
And second, this nice gloss blue gun needs a matching gloss blue scope to look just right. I foresee an afternoon spent playing musical scopes to correct that little oversight.
Second: this is my very first honest-to-goodness-CRF-all-steel-beautiful-walnut proper Winchester model 70! I've pretty much done as much long-distance-travel hunting as I'm likely to, but there are still drive-to hunts for moose and elk fairly close by. Plus, I don't get all righteous and giddy at the idea of so-called "overkill"; this gun will take some deer on my place, and will definitely participate in a few coyote exterminations. Hunts like that are fun for many reasons, and one of them is the chance to use cool guns that aren't the bare minimum for the game in question. And the gun isn't too nice to take hunting; rather, it's just nice enough to add an extra element of joy to any hunt it goes on.
This gun needs two alterations to make it perfect IMHO. First, of course, it needs some good open sights. I will likely never use them on game but they've just gotta be there!
And second, this nice gloss blue gun needs a matching gloss blue scope to look just right. I foresee an afternoon spent playing musical scopes to correct that little oversight.
HiMy late New Haven Supergrade in .338WM. I am a long-time admirer of the Win70 but oddly enough I haven't owned many. When this one came along, it filled two gaps in my current gun safes. First: it was a .338WM, a favourite cartridge from way back, but I sold my last one and haven't had one for years so this was a natural must-have.
Second: this is my very first honest-to-goodness-CRF-all-steel-beautiful-walnut proper Winchester model 70! I've pretty much done as much long-distance-travel hunting as I'm likely to, but there are still drive-to hunts for moose and elk fairly close by. Plus, I don't get all righteous and giddy at the idea of so-called "overkill"; this gun will take some deer on my place, and will definitely participate in a few coyote exterminations. Hunts like that are fun for many reasons, and one of them is the chance to use cool guns that aren't the bare minimum for the game in question. And the gun isn't too nice to take hunting; rather, it's just nice enough to add an extra element of joy to any hunt it goes on.
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This gun needs two alterations to make it perfect IMHO. First, of course, it needs some good open sights. I will likely never use them on game but they've just gotta be there!
And second, this nice gloss blue gun needs a matching gloss blue scope to look just right. I foresee an afternoon spent playing musical scopes to correct that little oversight.
Agree on the gloss scope. Wish they were still made.
