Blasts From the Past: Winchester Model 1906 .22 Pump.
Blasts From the Past is a weekly look at great old guns and underappreciated shooters from yesteryear.
If you have photos of rare, interesting, or unusual firearms, send them to [email protected].
This week’s Blast from the Past is a 1906 Winchester .22 rimfire pump.
It’s a similar to the Model 90 designed by John Browning that ran a couple of weeks ago, with the addition of a more-modern round barrel and a flattened buttplate.
It was a hugely successful rifle, with 700,000-some made from 1906 to 1932.
There are 729,000 like it, but this one was Jim’s.” This is my Uncle Jim’s Winchester Model 1906 .22 pump.
Notice I didn’t say “my” Winchester Model 1906.
Uncle Jim passed away from the effects of the war a few years before I was born.
Having no children, Jim’s brother passed the .22 along to me to be its caretaker shortly before his own death.
Blasts From the Past is a weekly look at great old guns and underappreciated shooters from yesteryear. If you have photos of rare, interesting, or unusual firearms, send them to [email protected].
This week’s Blast from the Past is a 1906 Winchester .22 rimfire pump. It’s a similar to the Model 90 designed by John Browning that ran a couple of weeks ago, with the addition of a more-modern round barrel and a flattened buttplate. It was a hugely successful rifle, with 700,000-some made from 1906 to 1932. What makes this one special is its owner, but that’s a story for its caretaker, Jason, to tell. I will only add that, in this case, it’s…
