WINCHESTER 61

Winchester built the Model 61 for thirty-one years and then quit, which is why finding one in excellent shape gets people’s attention. This one wears a period Micro-Trac scope on the factory grooved receiver, exactly the setup a squirrel hunter in 1960 would have been proud of. Hammerless, takedown, and happy to run Shorts, Longs, or Long Rifles out of the same tube without a second thought. Sixty-six years old and still smoother than most pumps built this decade.

The rimfire pump everybody wishes they’d inherited.