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04-08-2021, 09:30 PM
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I have a pair of them in .22 Short made in 1940 which I believe was the first year of production. I have a third one in .22 Short also that needs a firing pin and is missing the sights. It has been drilled and tapped for scope mounts and has British proof marks on it.
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04-08-2021, 09:36 PM
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My great uncle had one and I remember shooting it as a kid. I now have it in my safe. I like that it is adult sized.
Numrich has had parts for them.
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04-08-2021, 09:54 PM
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Mom and her husband gave my oldest a 74 (large loading port variant) for his 14th birthday (almost 28 years ago!). It is drilled and tapped, and has one of those 3/4" 4x scopes. He has been training his kids to shoot with it.
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04-09-2021, 09:14 AM
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Do not under any circumstances cock the gun with the safety on. The gun came with a warning tag from Winchester not to do so. It messes up the internals somehow. Yours is a very nice example.
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04-09-2021, 09:37 AM
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very nice.
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Have an old model with the rear receiver ap sight Does anybody know if you could put .22 lr bolt and whatnot in a 74 short?
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04-09-2021, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by bower
Do not under any circumstances cock the gun with the safety on. The gun came with a warning tag from Winchester not to do so. It messes up the internals somehow. Yours is a very nice example.
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Yes, I was aware of that. Really surprised that Winchester didn't correct that problem.
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Originally Posted by rustednbustedchuck
Have an old model with the rear receiver ap sight Does anybody know if you could put .22 lr bolt and whatnot in a 74 short?
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I'm by no means an expert on these but I would think that the bolt for the 22 short is probably lighter than for the 22lr. May be to much mass for the short to actuate the 22lr bolt.
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