Winchester 62A update

[bananaman]

A good friend of mine from Illinois gave me this 62A, Oct. 2020. Posted it before, but was tired of it just being in a soft rifle bag. So..... he shamed me into getting my case up. Hate making holes in the walls. Bottom line is that it looks much better like this. Bob

 

[mauser9]

Nice!! Should be shown off and admired. Quality from the past!

 

[rickyt]

I think it would look much nicer horizontal across the wall

 

[bananaman]

I think it would look much nicer horizontal across the wall

I know! Have not had that rotate issue before. Bob

 

[Valmet]

The 62A is one of the most classic 22s out there. Looks like you have a very nice example.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Probably my favorite old Winchester is the 62A. Lightweight, slick to operate, and very accurate. Mine dates from 1939-1940 and is in near-mint condition, thus becoming far too valuable to be dragging through the woods chasing critters anymore. Came to me about 20 years ago from the WW2 veteran who purchased it new after returning from the European Theater.

Most of my antique and vintage firearms have moved on to my son's gun safe, but the 62A is one that I haven't been able to let go yet.

 

[rickyt]

Hope you dont mind me putting up the right way. Great looking rifle.

 

[mauser9]

Yep looks great! Would love to take one like it to the woods to hunt forjust 1 day to get the thrill and flavor of hunting decades ago with a vintage .22

 

[JM4151]

Winchester Model 62A 22 cal rifle.

I started shooting my fathers 62A when I was about 8 years old. My grandparents were from the Pa coal region and we used to shoot the rocks on the coal banks. I did the same thing with my son and now my grandkids and shooting it too. They have their own guns now and the 62A is in my safe still in great condition, accompanied by a Winchester 63 and 75. We had a lot of fun with those guns over the years. My mother bought that rifle for my father in the late 1930's for $25.00 from Sears in West Philadelphia. How times change!
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[rickyt]

When I was a youngster our family would go to a popular seaside resort on the North East Coast of the UK. A place called Whitley Bay. It had a amusement park called the Spanish City. Some of the rides included the Ghost train, waltzer, Big Dipper etc , but the main attraction for me was the shooting gallery. Right in the far corner was a gallery with a load of Winchester .22 rifles. You paid a "tanner" ...a sixpence for about 5 rounds. The guy placed a target in wire slot and using a handle wound it to the back of the gallery. We gaimed and fired , he wound the target back for us to keep. Brilliant it was . The only way we could fire a real gun in the UK. Those very same rifles were the likes of the 62A although I'm sure the barrels may have been a little smaller. Spanish City is long gone and so is the idea of having a rifle or pistol in a public place. But this gave me an interest in firearms from an early age. Happy days. The picture below was the sort of thing. Very popular at the fairs. In the 60's/70's it was the .22 . Later times they used air rifles.

 

[.357magger]

Nice rifle and display.

Thanks for sharing it.

(Needs some company, just saying. )