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FlatTop45
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Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions
      18/02/18 08:47 PM

Sometimes, the planets align and everything goes just right and an almost perfect rifle comes off the regular production line. That is the legend of the Winchester "One of a Thousand" rifles. (Anyone out there ever seen "Winchester '73" with Jimmy Stewart?) If you unaware of them, the Winchester "One of a Thousand" and lesser known "One of One Hundred" rifles were fancy to super-fancy factory customs based on the Model 1873 and 1876 lever actions. The story goes that the company discovered that about one out of every thousand barrels or so from normal production was much more accurate than the rest. It was these supposedly super-accurate barrels that became the basis for those custom rifles. I've never handled one, but from the photos I've seen, these rifles were tastefully engraved with extra-fancy and beautifully checkered stocks. In fact, you could even order them with set triggers if you wanted to! In 1875, a standard Model 1873 sold for $27 and a "One of a Thousand" sold for $100! (Why is it there's never a time machine around when you need one?!!)

When I'm in the market for a new (or at least new to me) gun, I almost never buy the first one I see that fits the bill (as in maker, caliber, configuration, etc.). I always try to find just the right one that really speaks to me. Maybe I'm indecisive, or maybe I'm just a picky bastard at heart, but with all this fondling of various firearms over the years, I have noticed that sometimes, right out of the box, one just feels better and fits better than any of the others. And it doesn't matter that it's one of several dozen, brand-new, exactly-configured examples of a particular model, one just seems to really stand out. So when I've finally found that one (if I'm lucky enough to find it), that's the one I buy. (By the way, I've found the same thing applies to clothes and shoes too!)

So, maybe, just maybe, there is something to the idea of the "planets aligning" on a particular day to produce that one special rifle, pistol or shotgun....

I for one sure hope so!


J

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* Butter smooth Mauser actions Tentman 18/02/18 11:37 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions FlatTop45   18/02/18 08:47 PM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions CarlsenHighway   28/04/18 11:33 PM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions szihn   29/04/18 12:14 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions DarylS   29/04/18 12:33 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions MagnumHunter   28/07/18 09:32 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions Dogfish858   24/02/18 02:43 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions Dogfish858   24/02/18 02:47 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions *DELETED* redoak   24/02/18 02:53 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions FlatTop45   24/02/18 05:26 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions Dogfish858   25/02/18 02:54 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions Carpetsahib   28/07/18 10:53 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions cordite   29/07/18 03:21 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions CarlsenHighway   31/07/18 07:04 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions 500Boswell   02/08/18 08:16 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions 93x64mm   24/09/18 07:16 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions PatagonHunter   24/09/18 08:41 PM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions ducmarc   26/09/18 10:49 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions FrankS   23/09/18 03:41 PM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions justcurious   02/08/18 12:17 AM
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