Winchester 101

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Snub357

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Years ago, as a kid, I had a Winchester 101.

Now, 35 years later, I have a 101.

I had forgotten how good it feels in my hands.


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My pics are rather lousy. It's hard to capture the subdued beauty of this 101.
 
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They have always been excellent shotguns and back then, I just couldn't see spending the money they were asking. I have a good hunting buddy that has collected quite a few of them. They are great hunters and he once loaned me one for quail, while visiting him down south. Sure was different hunting a little quail with a high priced shotgun. Congratulations !! .... :)



Be Safe !!!
 
That's a beautiful gun. I enjoy seeing these pictures a lot more than a black Mossberg with a flashlight and a laser pointer on it.
 
Whenever I look at pics of old classic shotguns, my mind conjures up the smell of Hoppe's. As a kid, that was all my dad ever used. Funny how the brain associates smell with sight.
 
Pahoo said:
They have always been excellent shotguns and back then, I just couldn't see spending the money they were asking.
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In hindsight, they were the bargains of the day. I bought two M-101s, a 12-ga Skeet in 1968 ($325) and .410-bore Skeet a few years later ($340).They were about four or five times the price of an entry level pump back then. Perhaps $1,000 to $1,250 at today's prices.
 
They were bargains. Still are. I would put them up against some of the more expensive B guns, that cost a couple grand.
 
Have a 20g in skt/skt and a 12g in F/M. Great guns. The Japanese co that built the older ones also built some Weatherby's and more. Not the Citori maker (Miruko). Now make in Belgium.

I like my Red Labels but the 101 gets my vote between the two. Plus, I have a couple of older Red Labels (400 prefix s/n) which Ruger "no longer supports" and that pees me off more than I can say! Bill, Sr please come rescue your company!!!!
 
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