Winchester Model 52 Target rifle

[traderdan]

Just aquired a beautiful 1956 Winchester .22 target rifle.If anyone has items or information relating,please send me an E-mail.Sure looking forward to a break in this weather so I can run some lead thru this beautiful rifle.

 

[snapping turtle]

The win 52C still wins lots of matches some 50 years after they were made. One of the finest 22 made.

 

[VERT]

I am jealous! Learned to shoot on a 52. Dad's gun and one day it will be mine. My sister has layed claim because she is a money grubby greedy... Well you know. In my mind that rifle is the greatest gun ever made. So if I have to buy it money will not be an object.

If you don't mind sharing, what did this fine rifle cost you?

 

[traderdan]

Winchester 52

Always read about them in old NRA mags,ran across this one with a Lyman Targetspot scope at a price I could not pass up.Had it 2 days and havent fired it yet.Bad time for snow.

 

[6birds]

Always read about them in old NRA mags,ran across this one with a Lyman Targetspot scope at a price I could not pass up.Had it 2 days and havent fired it yet.Bad time for snow.

Most rifles still fire when there is snow on the ground. Get out and shoot it man, and post pics of the gun too!

 

[traderdan]

$900 ,In excellent condition!! The prices asked for thes online are outrageous.

 

[traderdan]

Prone is a little rough with this snow,but one way or another my son and I will work it out this weekend!

 

[westfork]

traderdan do you have iron sights or glass on yours?

i've got a pre-a version my great-grandpa shot matches with and before it was handed down to me the unertl disappeared and i had no rear sight. since then i got ahold of a dovetail rear ladder sight and found a hooded lyman front sight in a box of other goodies handed down to me.

the 52 is by far my favorite hand-me-down! enjoy. they sure can shoot.

 

[traderdan]

Winchester 52

It has a Lyman targetspot junior 10x scope.It was manufactured in 1956.I believe the early ones came with that ladder type rear sight.

 

[snapping turtle]

Sorry the c version is the sporter version not the target, either way the 52 are the cats meow.

 

[traderdan]

Winchester 52c

The 52 -c was a redesign after WW2 especially of the trigger system.They began to use the "Micro-Motion"system.It is not a sporter.If it were it would be a lot more valuable.As I understand it,A,B,C,D,E denote minor changes in the design of the reciever as the years progressed.

 

[oneshotonekill]

A buddy of mine found one with a VX-ll on it. He didn't do anything but lighten the trigger, fed it good ammo, and went to the range and won a couple of rimfire matches with it. It is way up on my list of firearms to attain, just gotta get lucky.