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Winchester 74
wiz1997
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Came across a decent Winchester 74 in 22LR recently.
Neighbor was in his attic adding insulation when he found it under the old insulation.
He's owned the house for over 25 years and he didn't put it there!
He's not a gun guy so he brought it over to me.
I had no idea what it was worth so I offered him $75 cash, all I had at the time.
He took it and went off happy.
Serial number puts it made in 1953.
It was filthy, dirty, and had a 22 short stuck in the chamber.
Thought I had something special because of the 22 short, but a check of the barrel shows it to be a 22LR.
What spare parts would you Winchester guys suggest I try to locate?
Springs are always at the top of the list no matter what.
Any parts prone to failure?
Neighbor was in his attic adding insulation when he found it under the old insulation.
He's owned the house for over 25 years and he didn't put it there!
He's not a gun guy so he brought it over to me.
I had no idea what it was worth so I offered him $75 cash, all I had at the time.
He took it and went off happy.
Serial number puts it made in 1953.
It was filthy, dirty, and had a 22 short stuck in the chamber.
Thought I had something special because of the 22 short, but a check of the barrel shows it to be a 22LR.
What spare parts would you Winchester guys suggest I try to locate?
Springs are always at the top of the list no matter what.
Any parts prone to failure?
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I have a chance to pick one up for $225. does that sound like a fair deal?
Bolt assemblies won't interchange.
The later version was better.
One had serrated pull handle, other was smooth.
Early used a ejector built into the feed throat
and was prone to break because it was cast in one piece.
Cast would break when operator tried to dig out jams with a knife
or screw driver.
Later had a pinned in metal ejector in side of feed area.
It was better
I might have read that military used them for sniper rifles
with scopes mounted.
Parts are available every now and then.
They are worth more $$ by breaking down and selling parts.
I have one later version and it is very accurate.
I might have read that military used them for sniper rifles
with scopes mounted.True, but not by us.
During WWII we sent a number of these rifles to Britain under the Lend-Lease program. The Brits were making preparations in case Germany's threatened invasion occurred, so some were modified by Parker-Hale for use by stay-behind civilian home guard units after an invasion had passed over.
This is from an SOE manual: