mawkie
C&R Whisperer
-It's the relentless search for neat accessories that put this latest cart before the horse story in to play. About 3-4 weeks ago a small auction house north of Pittsburgh put together an online auction that featured a large collection of Winchester 52s and Colt Woodsman pistols. Most were pre-Speedlock but there was a 52B and a 52C in the roughly dozen examples. Along with them were two lots with a TargetSpot scope case (yes!!) and a 50's vintage shooting case filled with goodies.
-As tempting as the 52s were (most had nice Lyman and Unertl external adj scopes worth a pretty penny by themselves) I focused on the accesssories. Didn't get the Lyman scope case but did the shoot case and a pair of holsters for Colt Woodsman. I was shocked that the case sold for just $145 OTD plus shipping as it was filled with everything you needed for a range session. Turns out this case was for the Winnie 52C and the only shooting session logged into one of three NRA scoring log books was dated 1953.
-The list included a Lyman Olympic sight set with front sight inserts, Winchester single loading magazine (with the original envelope), beautiful cuff type leather and lambs wool shooting sling, leather shooting glove, Merit iris, a crazy neat alloy cleaning rod guide built for the 52 specifically, 52C instruction manual and paper work. There's a honking massive steel tool that I'm not 100% sure what it's used for (hopefully someone here will recognize it, might be for the scope mounts?).
-The massive case has a pair of mounts for securing the front sight and a Unertl or Lyman scope along with other neat storage cubbies. The pile has to be worth 3x what I paid for it, even with the shipping cost thrown in.
-As tempting as the 52s were (most had nice Lyman and Unertl external adj scopes worth a pretty penny by themselves) I focused on the accesssories. Didn't get the Lyman scope case but did the shoot case and a pair of holsters for Colt Woodsman. I was shocked that the case sold for just $145 OTD plus shipping as it was filled with everything you needed for a range session. Turns out this case was for the Winnie 52C and the only shooting session logged into one of three NRA scoring log books was dated 1953.
-The list included a Lyman Olympic sight set with front sight inserts, Winchester single loading magazine (with the original envelope), beautiful cuff type leather and lambs wool shooting sling, leather shooting glove, Merit iris, a crazy neat alloy cleaning rod guide built for the 52 specifically, 52C instruction manual and paper work. There's a honking massive steel tool that I'm not 100% sure what it's used for (hopefully someone here will recognize it, might be for the scope mounts?).
-The massive case has a pair of mounts for securing the front sight and a Unertl or Lyman scope along with other neat storage cubbies. The pile has to be worth 3x what I paid for it, even with the shipping cost thrown in.