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I visited Krausewerks this weekend and on the wall was a Winchester 43 Deluxe in 218 Bee. In excellent shape with a Paul Jaeger side mount & rings attached. No scope. I've always wanted a 43, just got a great deal on a steel tubed Weaver K12 so, out comes the plastic and I left with it directly.
The rifle is in 218 Bee. I already reload and given how difficult it is to find 218 Bee brass will be resizing 25.20 and 32.20 brass instead. I assume this is pretty straightforward, size the 32.20 to 25, size the the 25 down to 22 then fireform. Am I missing anything on that end? Any suggestions regarding bullet and powder?
I bought the gun because it's in great shape and assumed the Jaeger mount, while period correct, was aftermarket and killed collector value. The rifle has an "A" suffix serial number and I've read that was used to indicate a production change at the factory, such as drilling & tapping for a scope. I find it difficult to believe Winchester would D & T for something as unusual as a Jaeger side mount. Does anyone know if Winchester would have done this as a special order item?
Finally, the rings are 26 mm - just a bit too big for the standard 1" scope, probably for an old Kollmorgan scope. Does anyone have a source for 1" Jaeger rings other than EBay?
It's always interesting buying a nice old gun.
I visited Krausewerks this weekend and on the wall was a Winchester 43 Deluxe in 218 Bee. In excellent shape with a Paul Jaeger side mount & rings attached. No scope. I've always wanted a 43, just got a great deal on a steel tubed Weaver K12 so, out comes the plastic and I left with it directly.
The rifle is in 218 Bee. I already reload and given how difficult it is to find 218 Bee brass will be resizing 25.20 and 32.20 brass instead. I assume this is pretty straightforward, size the 32.20 to 25, size the the 25 down to 22 then fireform. Am I missing anything on that end? Any suggestions regarding bullet and powder?
I bought the gun because it's in great shape and assumed the Jaeger mount, while period correct, was aftermarket and killed collector value. The rifle has an "A" suffix serial number and I've read that was used to indicate a production change at the factory, such as drilling & tapping for a scope. I find it difficult to believe Winchester would D & T for something as unusual as a Jaeger side mount. Does anyone know if Winchester would have done this as a special order item?
Finally, the rings are 26 mm - just a bit too big for the standard 1" scope, probably for an old Kollmorgan scope. Does anyone have a source for 1" Jaeger rings other than EBay?
It's always interesting buying a nice old gun.
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