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Make: Winchester
Model: 06 (1906)
Serial Number: 612096
Year of Manufacture: 1923
Caliber: .22 Short, Long, or Long Rifle
Action Type: Pump Action with Tubular Magazine
Barrel Length: 20” Round
Sights / Optics: The front sight is a steel blade dovetailed into the barrel. The rear sight is a leaf and screw-elevator “U”-notch sight screwed to the barrel.
Stock Configuration & Condition: The stocks are walnut with a grooved forend, smooth straight grip, straight comb, and Winchester checkered composition buttplate. The LOP measures 12 3/4” from the front of the trigger to the back of the buttplate. There are no chips or cracks. The right side of the wrist has a deep compression line. There are a few scuffs, compressions, and scrapes. Overall, the stocks rate in about Fine Condition.
Type of Finish: Blue
Finish Originality: Original
Bore Condition: The bore is bright and the rifling is sharp. There is minor erosion. In this writer’s opinion, the bore rates 8/10.
Overall Condition: This rifle retains about 85% of its metal finish. The balance of the finish shows general operation wear on the action bar, mag tube, and edges of the receiver. The sides of the receiver are taking a patina. There is finish loss on the leading edges and muzzle. There are a few scattered scratches. The tangs have mostly thinned from handling. The markings are clear. The screw heads are sharp. Overall, this rifle rates in about Fine Condition.
Mechanics: The action functions correctly. We have not fired this rifle. As with all previously owned firearms, thorough cleaning may be necessary to meet your maintenance standards.
Box, Paperwork & Accessories: None
Our Assessment: Winchester was the first American company to offer a practical .22 pump-action rifle, the Model 1890. Designed by gunmaking genius John Moses Browning, the Model 1890 was patterned after Winchester's iconic lever-actions with a tubular magazine under the barrel, an exposed hammer, and top ejection. Winchester had asked Browning to design the rifle as a replacement for the rimfire versions of the Model 1873, which had never achieved great popularity. The Model 1890 was an instant success, and set the standard for all .22 repeaters that followed. Sixteen years later, Winchester introduced the Model 1906, a more economical version of the Model 1890, with a 20” round barrel and shotgun-style composition buttplate. Initially chambered in .22 Short only, by 1908, the Model 1906 was capable of handling .22 Short, Long, or Long Rifle cartridges, a move which accelerated sales considerably, and 731,852 Model 1906s were made over a production run from 1906-1932.
This Winchester Model 06 .22 S/L/LR Pump Action Rifle was made in 1923 and is in Fine Condition. It features a 20” round barrel, 85% of its original blued finish, elegant walnut stocks (the right side of the wrist has a deep compression line), a Winchester checkered composition shotgun-style buttplate, clear markings, sound mechanics, and a bright bore with sharp rifling and minor erosion. This rifle appears to have been used very little, and would still be an excellent plinker, or a worthy addition to a Winchester collection.