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Bart B. · September 26, 2012, 05:57 PM

That rifle may be one of the dozens used in the 1976 Palma matches at Camp Perry Ohio, USA. Winchester made them with special markings on the 26" barrel and a unique trigger. They shot Winchester Match ammo that year which did well in those Winchester barrels. They all had a few hundred rounds through them when bought by the match participants. Their bridge had a clip guide for reloading in rapid fire matches. Redfield sights were used; International on the back end and Big Bore up front.

I had one for a few years and it did great with Western match ammo with 197-gr. HPBT Winchester match bullets. Best accuracy's been with bullets at least .3086" diameter.

More info on all the Winchester Palma rifles is at:

http://riflemansjournal.blogspot.com...ma-rifles.html

September 26, 2012, 05:57 PM	#4
Bart B. Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Posts: 2,120	That rifle may be one of the dozens used in the 1976 Palma matches at Camp Perry Ohio, USA. Winchester made them with special markings on the 26" barrel and a unique trigger. They shot Winchester Match ammo that year which did well in those Winchester barrels. They all had a few hundred rounds through them when bought by the match participants. Their bridge had a clip guide for reloading in rapid fire matches. Redfield sights were used; International on the back end and Big Bore up front. I had one for a few years and it did great with Western match ammo with 197-gr. HPBT Winchester match bullets. Best accuracy's been with bullets at least .3086" diameter. More info on all the Winchester Palma rifles is at: http://riflemansjournal.blogspot.com...ma-rifles.html Last edited by Bart B.; September 26, 2012 at 06:04 PM.