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buckstix
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When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it.
      #377643 - 28/06/23 08:06 PM

When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it.

When you ordered a Custom Rifle in the 1960s, you wanted to be sure everyone recognized it was a Custom. This one leaves no doubt.



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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: buckstix]
      #377644 - 28/06/23 08:18 PM

Buckstix when I was a boy that was my thing. I congratulate you an old man, a boy still at heart.

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: Ahmed577]
      #377650 - 29/06/23 12:12 AM

Buckstix, is that thing signed? I wonder who did that? It doesn't look like a basement gun, rather professional made.

That was called California styling, late 1950's-1960's.

Nice find.

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: DoubleD]
      #377651 - 29/06/23 12:32 AM

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Buckstix, is that thing signed? I wonder who did that? It doesn't look like a basement gun, rather professional made.
That was called California styling, late 1950's-1960's.
Nice find.

Hello DoubleD,

I don't have the rifle "in hand" yet. but I'm betting I will find that it was an early gun built by Winslow Arms. I was a big time Winslow collector, having sold off my collection a few years back. (see pics) I kept only one, a 378 Wby Mag that was built on a Brevex Action. (last pic) I have an intimate knowledge of their style and even have copies of their production records. They used many different brands of actions when they first started the Company. I'll be looking for work-order stampings on the underside of the barrel, or on the stock, or other evidence that matches the records. It might even be a Custom rifle that was stocked by Nils Hultgren who was Winslow's stock maker. Nils also did independent stock making while working for Winslow. Now you can see why I'm attracted to these "Wild" customs of the 1960s & 70s. I also kept a custom Lawson. (first pic)

Lawson
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Winslow Brevex

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: buckstix]
      #377656 - 29/06/23 04:45 AM

this rifle stock was what they thought the future would look like



in the end it was not like this as we know today

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: lancaster]
      #377749 - 03/07/23 09:33 AM

yes, but the future didn't come true.

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: Ahmed577]
      #377761 - 03/07/23 05:21 PM

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Buckstix when I was a boy that was my thing. I congratulate you an old man, a boy still at heart.



I've got a Parker Hale M98 stick I could sell you. .

I think I saw a rifle owned by Bob Penfold or Col Allison and wanted one the same. Monte Carlo styling.

Now of course classic is the game and that garish over done look is long past. My Parker Hale has an American classic custom stock. Now even I find that wrong. But only in the forend being too long.

Bucksticks rifle looks truly Buck Rogers.

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: buckstix]
      #377762 - 03/07/23 05:23 PM

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yes, but the future didn't come true.



Not yet. But that chick now has a dick ...

Does live in a "bubble" however ...

That rifle needs a spacesuit and laser ammo.

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Edited by NitroX (03/07/23 05:26 PM)

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: NitroX]
      #377775 - 04/07/23 01:08 AM

already have an 11mm GyroJet.

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: buckstix]
      #377782 - 04/07/23 03:11 AM

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already have an 11mm GyroJet.



I actually do know what that is.

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: NitroX]
      #377793 - 04/07/23 06:56 AM

It looks like I will have the rifle in hand by Wednesday ... I can hardly wait.

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: buckstix]
      #377840 - 06/07/23 09:41 AM

Well, I finally got the rifle today and I couldn't be happier. Its a Winslow! Not only did I find another wonderful inlay on the bottom of the forend, I also found Nils Hultgren's initials (NH) inside the stock. I also found it listed in the Winslow records that I received from Sue Albritton. Its listed as a Bushmaster "Custom"; Winslow serial number 101 - order number 612.

Sue Albritton and her husband, Sylvester Michael (Al) Albritton, purchased the Winslow Arms Co. in 1978. Al and Sue had worked for the Winslow Arms Company since its inception in 1962 in Osprey, Florida. Al and Sue were instrumental in keeping the Company prosperous after it relocated to Camden, South Carolina in 1976. When Al passed away in 2013, Sue took over managing the company. I met Sue in 2019 and learned that she kept a record of all the Winslow rifle production in a small hand-written notebook. Later that year she mailed me her notebook and allowed me to make copies of all the pages.



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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: NitroX]
      #377895 - 11/07/23 04:24 AM

Quote:

Quote:

yes, but the future didn't come true.



Not yet. But that chick now has a dick ...





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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: buckstix]
      #377896 - 11/07/23 04:25 AM

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already have an 11mm GyroJet.



the pistol or ... iirc there were also some carbines(?)

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: lancaster]
      #377901 - 11/07/23 06:36 AM

Glad you got YOU'RE rifle!
Not my cup of tea, but hey if it means something special to you mate then that's all that really matters!
I wonder how she shoots?

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: 93x64mm]
      #377904 - 11/07/23 08:40 AM

I actually think that is really quite a cool looking rifle. In 1982 my parents moved into their current house. I found a large pile of guns and ammo magazines from the 1960’s and early 1970’s in the attic. As a young teenager they became my bedside reading. As a boy brought back from the African bush, now living in rural Oxfordshire I savoured every page with Elmer Keith et al’s writings and articles like that of the OP.

Fashions have a funny habit of coming around again, and I can’t help think such styling will return. After all in the 1960’s the “classic” style was soooo dated.

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Re: When I saw this customized O3A3 I had to have it. [Re: HeymSR20]
      #377917 - 12/07/23 05:20 AM

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Glad you got YOU'RE rifle!
Not my cup of tea, but hey if it means something special to you mate then that's all that really matters! I wonder how she shoots?

Hello,

She shoots great. I added a vintage 4x-10x Pecar with typ. German reticle.

I had some good News - A dedicated Winslow collector contact me wanting to buy this new found treasure. Another high 4 figure sale when I'm done loving it.

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I actually think that is really quite a cool looking rifle. In 1982 my parents moved into their current house. I found a large pile of guns and ammo magazines from the 1960’s and early 1970’s in the attic. .... Fashions have a funny habit of coming around again, and I can’t help think such styling will return. After all in the 1960’s the “classic” style was soooo dated.

Hello,

There are some collectors like me that live in the past. The flashy custom rifles of the 50s and 60s appeal to a few of us.

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