A&E of Bottles

[capsoda]

Now thats just a bummer Wil. They will probably blow themselfs up with it, hopefully.

 

[cc6pack]

Ron,

Thanks for the compliment, just wish I could make one of the northern gun shows when I get ready to retire.

 

[amblypygi]

So any guesses what this is? (somewhat unusual caliber for the model, though not unheard of)

 

[Ye Olde Prospector]

My father used to hunt with a lever action Winchester ? 38-55 I think that had a round barrel. He got rid of it years ago, to hard to find ammo. Course my mother hunted with an old Octagon barrel 44-40 Winchester, that thing weighed a ton to carry around. I've always hunted with my trusty 30-30 though, most common deer rifle up here in the northeast.

Cliff

 

[woody]

Looks like a Winchester Model 1894 in a 30-40 Krag, Sean.

 

[amblypygi]

Well, you got the model on the nose Woody, but as for the round it's a bigger bullet with less power...

Another hint: this gun has a little brother in my safe []

Sean

 

[Ye Olde Prospector]

It's not a 38-55 Winchester they made both rifles and pistols in that caliber?

 

[amblypygi]

Nope, close though. It's a .44 Magnum. Supposed to be a bear gun, but I like bears so I guess it's a wall gun now. I haven't been hunting anything in years now.

Good guesses guys, I don't know how many of those they made but they're not too common.

Sean

PS: man look at that, bottles everywhere

 

[Ye Olde Prospector]

Haven't seen one here. Must have been upgrade from the old Octagon barrel 44-40 that my mother hunted with. Saw that thing knock more than one deer end over end. Heavy slug not high velocity. That was almost impossible to find ammo for as well. Thanks for the info.

Cliff

 

[Black_Boogers]

Model 1894s are the best!! I haven't seen one in a .44 mag before, I was going to say it was maybe a .32-40, but you're right...the spread of the bore in the muzzle is pretty big! Here's my 1894, a regular .30-30 WCF, but it's a Saddle-Ring model and was manufactured in 1907. Still shoots like the day it was made! (well, at least I think so... I wasn't around until 53 years after it was made...[])