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Winchester Shotgun
MudbugnLouisiana
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Have a winchester 20 gauge Ranger speed pump, nice gun, But i hear i can buy a screw in sabot choke for this gun, I see they have 12 gauge screw ins, But having trouble locateing 20 gauge screw in sabot slug chokes.
Slowpitch
Slowpitch
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Duty Honor Country
Around here (north-central Florida) a "mudbug" is called a "crawfish" if you are old, Southern and proper, or crayfish if you are from more nothernly climes.
The Winchester Model 50 is a semi-auto that was available in both 12 and 20 gauges. It was recoil operated, but did NOT have the recoiling barrel as the Browning A5 did. Steel-frames were available as were the aluminum frames in the Feather Weight Model. You could get one in the vent-rib or the plane barrel and barrel length were from 26 to 30 inches depending on the kind of shooting you were going to do.
They started in 1954 with serial number 1000 and production was ceased in 1961. So yours is somewhere about the middle of the production run. All total there were nearly 200,000 of them made.
The vent-rib brings a premium.
The 20 gauge brings an even BIGGER premium.
Since your serial number does not have the "A" suffix, we know that it is NOT the Pigeon Grade.
Lets make the assumption that your shotgun is in the 90% category, which may well NOT be a valid assumption. But if it were and had the vent-rib, you are looking at a $400-$450 shotgun. If it does NOT have the vent-rib, then you are looking at a $350-$375 shotgun.
Best Regards To You And Yours
After this discussion, I think I will go brew up some crawfish etouffee.
Flarda lobser is what we call a "crawfish".
I had a boss from Texas once,he said "it all just depends on where yer from,on whether its a gunnysack,croakersack..or just a plain ol` burlap bag.
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Also Hello Beekeep(er)
1. Much of the history of the development of the Winchester Model 50 is in the "Firearms Assembly" --the NRA Guide to Rifles and Shotsguns Revised and Expanded Edition. Additionally there is the "exploded" view of the parts and the directions for disassembly.
2. The various models are listed in the "Gun Trader Guide" from Stoger Publishing Company.
3. Starting number of serialization was from "Blue Book of Gun Values" from Blue Book Publications, Inc.
4. Date of manufacture was provided by drl50---I don't know if he got it from the "Winchester" site or some other place. If from some other place, I hope that he will give us the site so we can "bookmark" it.
5. Values come from nearly 40 years of going to gun shows and over 50 years of being behind a shotgun hunting quail.
6. After all the discussion of "mudbugs" decided to brew on some etoufee and "crawfish" rice. My wife won't let me eat the "green-gland" out of the head of the crawfish, but she will let me "smush" it up with my finger and boil the crawfish heads to get the liquid to make crawfish-flavored rice. Also did some "lady finger peas and "snaps" with a smoked ham-hock, some cornbread. Fresh sliced tomato, onion and cucumbers. Did some steamed "boudin" for the Meat Dish. I wish that you and yours could have been here for a country supper.
7. Beekeep(er): Up here they are "spiney's" or "Mr. No-Claws" but what ever you call them, they are like "MudbugnLouisana" said, mainly we just call them good "eatin".