***a Winchester Model 94 in 30-30. I bought the rifle at J.C. Penney for $66. ****
He got took! you could buy Win 1894 rifles for $45 back then! I bought several!
By 1980 they were $65.00.
Best scope I ever had was a LYMAN ALL-AMERICAN. We got caught in the Tulsa flood of 1976 and it was the only scope to survive being under water for hours.
Tulsa flood.
Was at my grandparents when that Memorial Day weekend storm hit. IIRC, it was 14 inches of rain in one day. My grandad had moved their in 1927 and he thought all the construction in the low spots was pretty stupid.