I have inherited from my dad a Winchester model 71 .348 lever action. Its in fairly good shape, has older peep installed but may have come with it from Winchester.
This is a field grade 24" rifle that's heavy but feels good and balanced to shoulder. It has plenty of use marks on the furniture but the bluing is batter than 90%). I got around 100 rounds of ammo, some bullets (100) and some brass (50 pcs). It has a 4 digit serial #, 6XXX.
I've shot it a few times, I like it. How hard is it to find ammo? (I don't reload ... yet). Pretty cool old rifle. My dad had told me it had belonged to his grandfather in Tenn. but had done a 25 year stint in Alaska with him.
Any thoughts from The Firing Line on this rifle?
This is a field grade 24" rifle that's heavy but feels good and balanced to shoulder. It has plenty of use marks on the furniture but the bluing is batter than 90%). I got around 100 rounds of ammo, some bullets (100) and some brass (50 pcs). It has a 4 digit serial #, 6XXX.
I've shot it a few times, I like it. How hard is it to find ammo? (I don't reload ... yet). Pretty cool old rifle. My dad had told me it had belonged to his grandfather in Tenn. but had done a 25 year stint in Alaska with him.
Any thoughts from The Firing Line on this rifle?