Rifle and Scope reunited...

[Calfed]

Years ago I won a wonderful old target rifle at an estate sale of the estate of a WWII vet who had been an avid target shooter. That man's name was James A Norton. The rifle was set up for an old style long tube target scope, but one was not included. It did come with a very nice target sight. Amazingly, I recently saw James Norton's target scope at another online auction. I bid on the scope and won it.

Here is Mr. Norton's obituary.

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/s...aspx?n=james-a-norton&pid=163527379&fhid=8733

Here's the rifle...

And here is the scope..

 

[Davo308]

Very cool setup and reunion.

 

[Charger442]

Don't leave us hanging, give all the dirty details on the rifle please!

 

[GrumpyOleFart]

Niiìice!

 

[Calfed]

Thanks, guys!

I won the rifle in 2013, not long after Mr. Norton passed. It is Winchester Model 70, has a Jewell trigger and a 30" Hart barrel. It came with an RPA "Trakker" rear sight and a variable front globe.

Here is a thread that I started on the Long Range Target Shooting forum at the time requesting any information about using the rifle in competition.

http://www.usrifleteams.com/lrforum/index.php?/topic/15189-long-range-rifle-candidate/

Here is the recent auction listing for the scope.

Lyman Super Target Spot Scope | Live and Online Auctions on HiBid.com

hibid.com

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Noice!!!!!

Sirhr

 

[3-0-hate]

Talk about a happy ending.. This one is better than 90% of the rom-coms out there!

 

[Davo308]

Thanks, guys!

I won the rifle in 2013, not long after Mr. Norton passed. It is Winchester Model 70, has a Jewell trigger and a 30" Hart barrel. It came with an RPA "Trakker" rear sight and a variable front globe.

Here is a thread that I started on the Long Range Target Shooting forum at the time requesting any information about using the rifle in competition.

http://www.usrifleteams.com/lrforum/index.php?/topic/15189-long-range-rifle-candidate/

Here is the recent auction listing for the scope.

Lyman Super Target Spot Scope | Live and Online Auctions on HiBid.com

hibid.com

I can't read the link but it's clearly premium kit used by a premium shooter.

 

[AFGWS]

That's a fine looking rifle and it's cool that the scope made it back to complete the kit.

 

[pmclaine]

Thank for caring about Mr Nortons history.

You have a bnice collection building. You are a great steward of that history, glad its coming together for you...there is a reason.

 

[Calfed]

Thanks, guys. I've shot the rifle a bit with a conventional mounted scope and it is quite accurate. I'll report on the results of shooting it with the long tube Lyman scope.

 

[Jscb1b]

That was a good read.

 

[Calfed]

Thanks, Jscb1!

 

[Calfed]

The scope arrived yesterday.

Good news: It is in great condition. Bad news: one of the scope mounting blocks is boogered up. I could not mount the scope.

I've already put in a call to Steve Earle for a replacement set.