Thunder and Lightining

[lastofthebreed]

I have found out, over the years, that when my Model 71 speaks, something usually dies.

I was hunting over a corn feeder I have out a couple of days ago with the express purpose of taking a hog. I have the timer on the feeder set to feed at 8 AM and 5 PM. It was getting on to about 4:45 PM when out trots a sounder of 6 hogs. The proceeded to mill around the feeder until the largest one presented a broadside shot.

The .348 slug made short work of this big sow and I spent the next few minutes getting her out and to the processor.

Love me some lever gun action.

 

[gspn]

Nice shooting and nice looking gun.

 

[Grumulkin]

Am I mistaken? Did you actually manage to shoot your pig without optics?

 

[lastofthebreed]

Grumulkin: Yes I did! And it ain't the first ugly porker to fall to my unscoped Model 71.

 

[Armored farmer]

A beautiful classic rifle.
Thanks for posting the pictures.

 

[Grumulkin]

A beautiful classic rifle.

That it is.

 

[lastofthebreed]

Thanks guys, the rifle was a gift years ago from a very good friend. I just this afternoon gave him a stainless revolver in 22 Mag as he had expressed an interest in having one and I had one that I don't shoot that often.

 

[Stony]

Love those old Winchesters and that is one of the classics as far as I am concerned. You have a real friend there and someone you can really appreciate. I have a friend like this myself and we have passed a lot of guns back and forth over the years. These are the real friends....
It sure feels good shooting hogs with those older rifles.....

 

[Milt1]

lastofthebreed, love your rifle, the buttstock looks like walnut. Is the handgrip for-end the same wood?

 

[Flintknapper]

lastofthebreed, love your rifle, the buttstock looks like walnut. Is the handgrip for-end the same wood?

It most likely is. Probably just has some 'blonde' in it. Friend of mine has a 71 very similar to that one.

I shot a large whitetail Doe with it at about 50 yds. open sights. The 348 will put them down with authority. I am not surprised that it makes a good pig gun too.

 

[lastofthebreed]

lastofthebreed, love your rifle, the buttstock looks like walnut. Is the handgrip for-end the same wood?

Milt1: It is walnut. Somebody who owned the rifle prior to me treated the wood poorly, witness the recoil pad, it was put on by a wannabe gunsmith who didn't maintain the stock line when he sanded the pad to fit. He also splintered the wood just forward of the recoil pad when he removed the inch or so of wood to keep the same length of pull. I stripped the finish off the butt stock and fore arm, sanded them smooth, applied a filler, and finished the job with numerous coats of Tru Oil. I decided to keep the recoil pad as opposed to installing a new one but cleaned up the installation quite a bit.

The gun is a shooter, any collector value has been greatly diminished. I am not upset though, guns were made to shoot.