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A new life for a 117yo Winchester Lowall (Read 2725 times)

Bad_Ass_Wallace Full Member Offline Posts: 150 Location: Kingaroy, Australia Joined: Jul 29^th, 2005	A new life for a 117yo Winchester Lowall Apr 1^st, 2014 at 5:06am	Print Post
	I bought the old Winchester single shot with an idea to fully restore it 'one day'. The barrel was pitted, the stock repaired after splitting none of the original finish left. Recently I started importing barrel liners from TJ Enterprises and decided to give the old girl a facelift. I also had an original Winchester WCF bullet mould which made me querious as what level of accuracy could be achieved. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) The bullets thrown by this mould weigh 118gns and experience has shown that 5.0gns AP70 to be a very consistant and accurate for a chronographed 1252fps. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) First 10 shot group at 50m with the original bullet mould (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) This 10 shot group with a 120gn Redback projectile and 5.5 gns AP70 for 1342fps. gotta love 7 bulls from 10 shots with open sights! (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18337 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: A new life for a 117yo Winchester Lowall Reply #1 - Apr 1^st, 2014 at 1:13pm	Print Post
	Looks like it's a .32-20? Pretty good groups for 50m with open sights. That's an unusual rear tang sight too!

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moodyholler Oldtimer Offline Posts: 723 Location: Blue Ridge Joined: Oct 11^th, 2005	Re: A new life for a 117yo Winchester Lowall Reply #2 - Apr 1^st, 2014 at 2:50pm	Print Post
	Vall looks like a BSA no.8. Cool sight. Later mh


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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 4207 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: A new life for a 117yo Winchester Lowall Reply #3 - Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 9:52pm	Print Post
	I was looking at that sight too... and the groups! That's not just "open sights" that's a great aperture sight and is obviously capable of some pretty good target acquisition. A lot of fine targets have been shot over the years with sights like those. Congrats on a fine new-to-you old gun. Froggie


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