Krag Collectors Association Forum

I bought an old 3/4" Weaver side-mount on ebay, last week, just to have a spare.

It was a good buy and the package promptly arrived yesterday.

I recognized the Seller's name immediately and sent him a note.
(He replied and confirmed his identity).

Nick Stroebel's book is a great reference on antique commercial gunsights. He seems a fine gentleman!

It looks like you have a new resource for helping you in your study of aftermarket Krag sights.

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I'm interested in the rifles and the scope in the picture on the cover of the book. The lower rifle is one of the earliest Winchester 52s, called by aficionados a pre-A. Probably a "speed lock". I think the earliest ones had a different striker knob. I started smallbore shooting with a similar rifle in 1958.

The upper rifle is another Winchester 52, but a much later variant. It might be a 52D, the only one lacking the magazine release button. The bracket on the left rear of the receiver is the base for an iron sight, not connected to the scope, a vintage Lyman Super Target Spot.

Here's my "speed lock". Note there's no safety rocker. (Safety is a wing-type on the left side). (100-yard prone match target from a day when I yanked only two 9's.)

Nice model 52 Winchester!

I had a beauty like Parashooter's, with the 'speedlock' and early lever-safety.
I lucked into a bargain on a Unertl 'target scope' & mounts, which looked and performed beautifully on the Winchester.

It quickly became a gun-closet Queen and never got played with. It was too nice, and I didn't know anyone shooting .22's at long range.

In a moment of weakness and faulty judgement, I traded it for a rifle that I do not remember and no longer have!

I can be pretty stupid!

Nice old Speed Lock. When did the military type rear sight disappear from the factory 52s?

A tiny group of us elderly flatulents shoot .22 LRs at long range every Tuesday. The old scopes with externally adjustable mounts will easily adjust to 200 yards. Many modern scopes don't have enough clicks. But my STS has enough clicks for 300, but the scope hits the barrel. I need higher mounts if I'm going to shoot at 300. I've tried it using an offset hold. It worked on a gong target, but I couldn't find an offset reference point that was right for a paper target.