Читать книгу Gun Digest 2011 онлайн

44 страница из 495

Unfortunately, things are different today. Today Model 59s are scarce and people willing to part with one are even more scarce. Even if they are too old to hunt with them, they still retain a definite affection for them. If you can locate one in need of repair, replacement parts are occasionally available from the Guns Parts Corporation of West Hurley, New York. However if you are thinking of converting an old lightweight Model 50 (which had an aluminum receiver) into a 59, the Win-Lite barrels are seldom if ever available.

So the Model 59 was definitely a better mouse trap. Yet the shooting world failed to beat a path to Winchester’s door. Why this was so remains a mystery. Perhaps the shooters of the time weren’t as sophisticated as the gun. Despite their short production runs, the Models 50 and 59 sired many innovations that continue to live on in other guns. That’s not a bad epitaph for any gun.

The French service Revolver Models of 1873 and 1874

On the upper face of barrel, the model number marking.