A little more about the 3rd Model Winder Musket… they were said to have been made from leftover high wall forgings by simply cutting the sidewalls down to low wall specs and adding an appropriately cut down breech block. Everything else in the receiver was pure high wall including the larger diameter and threads of the barrel tenon. As mentioned previously, the receiver sight was unique, designed and provided by Lyman just for this variant.
After WW I, the market was turning down for single shots, so the brains at Winchester came up with a Junior Rifle Program. There was a long history already of boys’ rifles, so the idea
and the rifle were a big hit. The problem of excess inventory was solved and the market for high end 22s was established, leading eventually to the Model 52.
I fell in love with the one I got when I first saw it in my grand uncle’s basement workshop. I thought of it as a “real cowboy gun” because it opened with a lever. OK, I was about 7 or 8 at the time.
Then I grew up (sort of) and inherited the damaged old relic, and had it rebuilt when I met and started playing with the guys from ASSRA. The rest, as they say, is history.
The Frog with a Dream
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