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I had only intended on having a look at one of them, and the scope but ended up getting a package deal for just under $2400. 

The highwall is a .219 Donaldson Wasp, the low wall is a .22LR, relined.  Both have been restocked nicely, although I'm not a fan of the wider forearm on the highwall.

The scope is a 10x Junior Target Spot and seems in good condition.

The .22LR has a really tight fitting extractor.  I'll have to take it apart and see what's up with it.  Other than that it seems very well put together.  This one has a serial number in the 89,000's so I should be able to find out its original configuration.

The .219 has a strange modification that is visible when taking off the forearm.  The round barrel has a small flat section milled into it and there is a tab with a screw that either retains the barrel somehow, or maybe has something to do with the extractor as the tab goes into a hole drilled through the action.  I'll take it apart tonight to try and under stand it.  As far as I can see, the bore is pretty much perfect.  It's not an original Winchester barrel ( I was expecting to see a .219 Zipper barrel that was re-chambered ).   The only markings are .219W  E.Y.   I don't know what I'll do with this one, but probably re-barrel it or have it re-bored.   It's a later coil spring rifle with a serial # in the 115000 range so no information will be available about the original configuration.
 
Both rifles, and the scope, appear to be in excellent shape with reworked triggers as well.    

Chris. 

Thanks John .  Are the pictures in the post not showing up for you?

I also just posted a picture of that strange screw and what appears to be a flat spring ejector on the gunsmithing forum.

Chris.   

I see the rifles and scope. Very nice!!! Go to buy a scope and two rifles follow you home. That's the start of a great weekend!

The pictures seem visible when using the FireFox browser but not Chrome.  Maybe this link will work.  I assume it has to do with the fact that I'm too cheap to pay for https on my website where I'm hosting the pictures.

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Chris.

Yeah I think I got a pretty good deal.   I am pretty sure that someone local must have passed away or maybe is unable to shoot anymore.  My local gun store has a large collection of rifles that came in all at once. 

The collection consists of Winchester single shots, which are all gone, as well as a number of very nicely engraved muzzle loaders and BP shotguns.  I imagine this fellow is/was British because the Winchesters I bought both have British markings.  The muzzle loaders I saw were also British as far as I could tell.   

Chris.

cdnrokon wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2022 at 8:44pm:


I've never seen a Cody Ballard in real life. They do look nice in the pictures I've seen .  I'm still trying to decide what to do with the one in .219 Donaldson Wasp.  I don't know where the .25-35 went, but that was the one I was really after.   

Chris.
   

gnoahhh wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2022 at 10:32am:


I put up a picture of that ejector on the gunsmithing forum.  It seems to be a home made adaptation.

I don't have any brass or dies so at the moment I have nothing I can do with it other than look at it.  Before I do anything I'll do a chamber cast to see what version of the cartridge it's chambered for.  I've looked into dies as well as the Redding 2 die forming sets.  It's a pretty expensive cartridge to get set up for.  I'm keeping my eyes peeled for a used set on the Canadian gun web pages, but in the end will likely rebarrel.

I have a new fast twist .38 barrel on hand, as well as an RKS gain twist .32 cal barrel.  Another option is to keep it a round barrel but in .30-40 Krag which would be interesting to me. 

Chris.

Rich, it depends on which of Donaldson's Wasp versions you have. Mine was his last version with a long neck and it is longer than a Zipper. Reloading for a Wasp is no challenge. It doesn't matter what you shoot it in as everything will be less than MOA.