New (to me) Vintage Winchester 69a
Posted: 17 Apr 2016 17:16
My cousin needed to make room in his gun safe and handed down his father's Winchester 69a (circa mid 1940's) to me. It's a bolt action 22 with a 5 round magazine. It's got a rear aperture sight, a hooded front sight, and shoots ridiculously straight.
After shooting my .357 Rossi 92 for a while even with soft hand loads, I was still checking every other round on the Winchester to make sure it actually fired (they all did). It's that quiet and smooth and a fun pea shooter.
Since it didn't happen without pictures, here they are:
After shooting my .357 Rossi 92 for a while even with soft hand loads, I was still checking every other round on the Winchester to make sure it actually fired (they all did). It's that quiet and smooth and a fun pea shooter.
Since it didn't happen without pictures, here they are:
