sestoppelman
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Here is one you dont see often, first I have ever seen.
Post '64 Super Grade, only made in '72-73 according to Roger Rule's book. My SN dates to '71 but likely just pulled from the stack to make a rifle sold in '72.
It was a replacement model for the discontinued Deluxe model and the two rifles are nearly identical with most of the same features. The SG was shortly itself discontinued as Winchester kept upgrading the standard rifle until eventually it became the XTR and looks very similar to the SG.
Features of this rifle include SG marked floorplate, pre 64 style wavy line pattern on top of receiver, fancy walnut, wrap around forearm checkering, real ebony fore end tip and thin black rubber Winchester butt pad. and jeweled bolt and mag follower.
Only real difference I can tell in pictures from the SG and Deluxe model of the same time period is that on the Deluxe the stock ends up longer because for some reason Win didnt shorten the fore end to keep the same overall length when adding the black tip, so you ended up with a long fore arm on that model. The SG compensated for the tip by keeping the stock at standard length. An odd thing really.
Came with an old Redfield 4x scope with loose parts inside, so I had this older Red off another rifle ready to slap on, its the perfect complement to a '70s rifle.
It arrived sans barrel sights but I had already found and ordered the correct sights and had them on in a jiffy. Well after having to fight to get the little plug screws out which a PO had thought to install with Loctite! Not sure why that seemed like a good idea.....took heat, sweat and cussing to get them out! It was the cussing that really did it though, I'm certain of that!
Here is a few pics of this one just arrived, .270 Winchester caliber.
Post '64 Super Grade, only made in '72-73 according to Roger Rule's book. My SN dates to '71 but likely just pulled from the stack to make a rifle sold in '72.
It was a replacement model for the discontinued Deluxe model and the two rifles are nearly identical with most of the same features. The SG was shortly itself discontinued as Winchester kept upgrading the standard rifle until eventually it became the XTR and looks very similar to the SG.
Features of this rifle include SG marked floorplate, pre 64 style wavy line pattern on top of receiver, fancy walnut, wrap around forearm checkering, real ebony fore end tip and thin black rubber Winchester butt pad. and jeweled bolt and mag follower.
Only real difference I can tell in pictures from the SG and Deluxe model of the same time period is that on the Deluxe the stock ends up longer because for some reason Win didnt shorten the fore end to keep the same overall length when adding the black tip, so you ended up with a long fore arm on that model. The SG compensated for the tip by keeping the stock at standard length. An odd thing really.
Came with an old Redfield 4x scope with loose parts inside, so I had this older Red off another rifle ready to slap on, its the perfect complement to a '70s rifle.
It arrived sans barrel sights but I had already found and ordered the correct sights and had them on in a jiffy. Well after having to fight to get the little plug screws out which a PO had thought to install with Loctite! Not sure why that seemed like a good idea.....took heat, sweat and cussing to get them out! It was the cussing that really did it though, I'm certain of that!
Here is a few pics of this one just arrived, .270 Winchester caliber.
