More On/T Browsing LeverGuns

[oldmax]

I have been in a few local gunshops lately ( Jax,Fl area).
Thought I would let you know what I resisted buying.

94AE 45 Colt , cross bar safety, trapper.: Nice clean Gun, Good Blue Clean Wood,
But, Barrel Turned to the Left, Now If I bought it I would have had left leaning & Right
leaning rifles, ??? Asking price was $699 , Same place I bought my right leaner.
He was asking $550 , I got it for 400 Tittle&Tags Included ( And No Saftey)..

Another W94ae 45Colt, 20 Inch barrel, with a safty on the stock, Good clean rifle...
asking price $7xx, Forgot to right the price down..

And yet another 94AE, AND in 356W, Nice looking gun , except
Cheap scope, with the forward scope mount Screws in the sides of the base,
Must have been drilled and tapped, So a good gun screwed up by an amatuer .
This was also in the 7xx Range, I promise I will do better next time..

I asked The retired guy in the shop about extra screw holes in The Rifle , he smiled and said,
We see a lot of that around here !!!

[Pete44ru]

[the forward scope mount Screws in the sides of the base,
Must have been drilled and tapped, So a good gun screwed up by an amatuer .]

Not so - Early AE BigBores were so D/T'd by Ole Oliver, hisself.

[Bruce]

Oldmax,

I use to get by the Green Acres store in Jax every now and then and found some unique and fairly priced lever guns. Is that still the case now?

[oldmax]

Bruce, Green Acres, They seem to have less guns and more expensive,

Old Middleburg Pawn has a lot of guns, His are USED guns...

SHOOTERS on University of Philis HWY is the cheapest for new guns, does a huge business, LOT's of handguns.
Plus His used guns are a good price,

Pete: tell me more please, I may go back and reconsider.

[Pete44ru]

Not much more to tell - When Winchester first issued AE BigBores, the front ring was D/T'd for a straddle-type base, just like the rear except for a concave base-bottom to fit the front receiver ring.

I can't recall ( does that make me a politician ? ) when they switched to D/T'ing the front receiver ring inline w/the bore - but it wasn't very long.

That's why, when ordering scope mount bases, the type drilling pattern must be specified.

[oldmax]

Thank you, I did not know that, The 356W may be a good buy....
The rifle looks fairly clean, But what do I do with (2) 356W's

[Old Savage]

Pete they did it by about 1990.