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From the Vault Winchester Model 61 Rimfire Shotgun
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Our two favorite smooth operators are again doing a little show-and-tell for us. Brownells Gun Techs and firearm history geeks Steve Ostrem and Keith Ford recently found a Winchester Model 61 smoothbore shotgun at the Rock Island Auction House. The Model 61 is one of Winchester's classic pump action .22 rimfire rifles. This example, however, is chambered for .22 shotshells. This fearsome weapon is perfect for hunting butterflies and bumblebees or cleanly shooting Ritz crackers out of the air. OK, seriously.... Smoothbore .22s like our Model 61 were often called garden guns and were used to clear small pests out of your back yard - snakes, vermin and birds eatin' on your vegetable patch. Called a Rutledge bore, the first few inches of the barrel ahead of the chamber were .22 caliber, then the bore opened up to about 5/16 to help the shot pattern better. The .22 shotgun fad eventually passed, and nowadays a gun like Rock Island's beautifully preserved Winchester Model 61 is simply a cute little collectible. • Plenty more firearm info and wisdom in the Brownells video library: http://www.brownellsvideos.com
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