Winchester model 43 .218 bee.....

B_Mc

I have a chance to buy one at $400 deal or not?
it is winchester model 43.

where do i find the serial number on this???

Old-Colts

The serial number should be on the left side of the receiver ring on early guns and on the right side on later production.

Without some indication of condition or originality it is difficult say if $400 is good or bad.

B_Mc

Absolutly no scratches on the stock. Very slight pitting on the barrel. No rust. Clean bright bore. I would say definatly 95%.

The Old timer that has it says it has only been shot just a few times because of how exspensive ammo is for it.

It has an old * scope on it. It is some type of weaver Not sure what kind but it was also very clear and clean.

sandwarrior

B_Mc,

At that price, it's a very good buy for any NRA graded rifle of good and up. My uncle has one and my cousin and I reloaded for it again and again for two solid summers. Terrifying every jackrabbit in the SW side of Fallon. ...well not really. But it was a great performer out to 150 yds. It would probably have performed better had my cousin and I developed better shooting habits. We had this misconception you could be accurate snap shooting offhand.

That rifle had the trigger worked on sometime before we started to use it and it literally had a hair trigger. Bumping the stock could set it off. So we never carried a round in the chamber unless it was a short stalk forward. My cousin enlisted someones help after I went into the service and got the trigger closer back to where it should be. I've only shot it a few times since my return and subsequent leaving my hometown again. But they are a great little utility rifle. Without a doubt the .218 is my preference over the .22 Hornet.

He Dog

Plan on reloading though, .218 Bee is a might spendy.

Bert H.

quote:Originally posted by B_Mc
Absolutly no scratches on the stock. Very slight pitting on the barrel. No rust. Clean bright bore. I would say definatly 95%.

The Old timer that has it says it has only been shot just a few times because of how exspensive ammo is for it.

It has an old * scope on it. It is some type of weaver Not sure what kind but it was also very clear and clean.


I highly suspect that it is no longer factory original. The vast number of Model 43s were not factory drilled & tapped for scope blocks, and if not factory work, it negatively affects the collector value.

cattle buyer

I used a Win mod 43 in 218bee as my truck gun for 7 years as a cattle herdsman on a 12,500 ac ranch in N FL. BEST damn gun I ever owned! 2x7 Leupold(I do not know who drilled and tapped it nor do I care cause they did a damn fine job!) and a trigger job by Buff Cobb. Win Super X was 17.50 for 50 rd box(better than the Rem green box),I bought em by the case. truckloads of *,turkeys,stray dogs,coyotes,gators,cormorants(sp?),opposums,a few deer,rattlesnakes,cottonmouths,mercy killing of broke leg bulls and cancer eyed cows! The .218bee would do it all with little report. damn what some good times[8D]....buy it! ps it was death on the beavers, otters,hawks and crows as well