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thallub · August 22, 2012, 12:17 PM

As a kid the movie Winchester 73 with James Stewart and Shelly Winters made me want a Winchester 73 "one of one thousand" really bad. i found one in CA in 1964 and bought it cheap. It was a cut or two above a "dug up" gun.

In 1966 i traded that Winchester to the Weatherby dealer in Rockville MD for a Mathieu made left hand Weatherby in .300 Weatherby. i still own that Weatherby.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043137/fullcredits#cast

August 22, 2012, 12:17 PM	#114
thallub Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2007 Location: South Western OK Posts: 3,112	As a kid the movie Winchester 73 with James Stewart and Shelly Winters made me want a Winchester 73 "one of one thousand" really bad. i found one in CA in 1964 and bought it cheap. It was a cut or two above a "dug up" gun. In 1966 i traded that Winchester to the Weatherby dealer in Rockville MD for a Mathieu made left hand Weatherby in .300 Weatherby. i still own that Weatherby. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043137/fullcredits#cast