Christmas Rifles...

[X-NewYawker]

My bestest friend Richard and I gift (through PPT at Dealers) guns every Christmas and Birthday. This Christmas I got him a complete LMT Defender. Today the paperwork was done of my prezzie:



Beautiful Winchester Model 52 circa 1960's .22 LR repeater bolt action rifle with a Lyman Sport 6X scope.



Windage and elevation adjustments OUTSIDE the scope! Cool beans!



Originally designed in the 1920's the 52 was used as a trainer for US and British troops...

[X-NewYawker]

Since they sort of go together, I decided to show it with one of his Christmas presents to me from a couple of years back, a single shot Mauser .22 German army trainer rifle...



These iron sights are typical military of the period -- and deadly accurate at the ranges indicated.







I know these aren't Raging ARs but they bring hours of fun at just a few dollars at the range and have their own military history...

[BroncoBob]

Total sweetness

[ojisan]

Gorgeous!
There is more machine time in making the back sight alone than there is in making entire guns made now.

[Saigon1965]

Just beautiful workmanship -

[RedDawn]

Very nice gifts there.

[supersonic]

I........hate......you!!!!!!!.......... GOD, am I jealous.

[Fjold]

I'll be your friend. My birthday's the 23rd of this month.

[Blue]

Wow every Christmas and birthday?

[BroncoBob]

I'll be your friend. My birthday's the 23rd of this month.

Happy Birthday Frank

[wooger]

Very, very nice!

[X-NewYawker]

Wow every Christmas and birthday?

Yeah -- at first, fifteen years ago, it was cool. Now, as the guns get more expensive, every year I suggest perhaps that we should have ONE gun (a nice 1911 or Garand) that we gift back and forth each time.

How do you respond to a $7000 Belgian Browning O/U Trap gun? With a $600 S&W mountain gun? (yeah I did that a few years back, and I felt like a cheap bastard)

The permanent "Gift Gun" is looking better and better...

[lawaia]

Wow! That Winchester is Beeeeeeeeautiful!!!!!!!

[JTFPEST]

To bad that the craftsmanship of that time period has gone the way of the wind in a lot of todays building.... what sweet rifles

[X-NewYawker]

Argh. Work the bolt one these guns. Look at the fit and finish of those rear sights -- the polish of the metal beneath the blueing -- for trainers -- and it will make you weep when you see a Ruger rifle or a GLOCK or S&W M&P....