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The Winchester Model 75 book

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Yes, you read the title correctly, the next book in the Winchester bolt action repeating rifle series will be on the classic Winchester Model 75 Target and Sporting rifles :bthumb:

Work has commenced and is coming along rapidly. At the present pace, I hope to have it published within the next year. It is going much quicker than the first book on the Model 69 since I gathered all of the research and data for a lot of the .22 models at the same time. Hopefully it will NOT take the 8 years it took for the Model 69 book.

The layout and format is basically the same as the Model 69 book however most of the content is different and specific to the Model 75. Please let me know if there are any format changes or additions you would like to see in this next book.

Below is the current Table of Contents for your perusal.

Thanks everyone for your interest and support :bthumb:
 

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Yes, the post-war DOM will be resolved and based upon the polishing room records. After this there should be no more confusion. Madis did NOT use the polishing room records and his estimated numbers are off as your previous survey illustrated.

Accurizing tips can be included as long as they don't change any of the safety features.

Best Regards,

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Nice!
I still need to get a copy of the 69 book.
JWA I have a 75 target I acquired that had a Redfield 75 sight on it when I got it but the screw holding the sight to the mount wouldn't tighten down securely. At first I thought either the mounting screw or the mount's threads were too far worn but after posting here trying to acquire a new mount someone suggested perhaps the mount was for a Redfield Olympic, International and Palma type sight. I had spares of each sight with their mounting screws and indeed each mounted correctly and screwed in place securely.
Were any of the 75 Target models ever sold by the factory with a choice of either of those three sights or did someone convert and upgrade to one of those sights post purchase?
 
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The 75 with the Olympic, International or Palma was not a catalogued variant of the 75 Target but many were upgraded with those sights. Yes, it does take a different adapter but they were available for awhile and also easily homemade from the Redfield 75 mount by simply enlarging and re-tapping the single mounting hole on the mount.

I have Redfield Olympic sights (front and rear) on one of my shooter grade 75 Targets and like the combo for bench work. They look a little big and ungainly on the 75 but they sure make pretty holes in the target which is the only thing important.

Best Regards,
 
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#14 ·
Good news Jeff and judging by your book on the Winchester Model 69, this will be a winner also.

Might be somewhat challenging but will you have any details on factory boxes for the M75?

I, along with many others, are looking forward to your new book.

All the best.

Jolly
 
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Jolly Bill said:
Might be somewhat challenging but will you have any details on factory boxes for the M75?

Jolly
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Jolly,

That is an excellent question, I would love to add a section on factory boxes to the 75 book since I only briefly mentioned a few in the 69 book.

I have the detail data for the box types, manufacturer's and usage eras but do not have good condition boxes of each type for photo examples.

If some of you fine folks have original, good condition boxes that you would be willing to photograph and have used in the 75 book I would love to include them :bthumb:

I can supply the photo specifications such as background color and photo angles to anyone willing to share that portion of their collection.

Thanks for suggesting the topic!

Best Regards,
 
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Hi Oldbird,

My background color choice for technical publications is different than the backgrounds recommended for normal composition photos. For technical books where the focus is on a single item I use no background fill whatsoever, that makes the component in discussion seem to "float" on the page and completely eliminates any distractors. To accomplish that end, the image has to be processed through Photoshop or other editing software to eliminate the background. In order to accomplish that task it is much easier if the original photo background is white since it saves my photo editor some time in removing everything but the actual component image.

Again, that technique is not what is used in normal composition photos where the intent is to make the object of attention more pleasing to the eye, color coordinated or more balanced in composition.

Below is a sample image from the Model 69 book so you can see how lack of background (white in print) allow the viewer to more easily focus on just the item or point being described.

This is the way I present images in most of the technical manuals I write. It is certainly not the only way to do it but it is what looks best to me (in a technical context). For eye-pleasing images of complete rifles or composition photos with rifles and accoutrements I prefer muted, neutral colors. I have found that strong background colors such as red or blue will actually affect the color of the item being photographed, either by automatic color correction by the camera or by simple light reflection.

I am certainly in NO WAY a professional photographer, I simply had to learn a few things by trial and error to make things work in other publications.

Best Regards,
 

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Thanks...learned something new today. I glanced through the 69 book after I had asked the question. Saw only white background so wasn't sure how they were photographed. Suspected objects were "trimmed" from any background...or whatever photoshop describes. I was asking because the photographers commented on certain backgrounds not working well. Gray was a consistent recommended background/backdrop for photographing objects..from what I read.
 
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#24 ·
Years ago when Col. Brophy wrote his book on the M1903's, there was a stampede to buy up all the M1903's that sat in closets and on gun store shelves collecting dust. All of a sudden, the $25 03's started to bring hundreds of dollars. Now the 100% correct nice ones bring thousands of dollars.
It may well happen here as well. JWA wrote a good book and now some of the collectibles will be sorted out from Plain Janes. A lot of these rifles are scarce in their own right. Now, thanks to JWA, we can tell for sure if we indeed have one a bit scarcer than the rest. Big Larry
 
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Big Larry;

You're right. I ordered one of the first Brophy 1903 Springfield books from the first printing out of an ad placed in the "Shotgun News?" I guess he'd placed it himself for I spoke to him on the phone about it. I think he was at Marlin then, researching data for them. I went from one lonely Smith Corona '03A3 to 15 different '03s covering most of the major variants excepting for the rod bayonet first variant.

Am back down to three now, a 1918 Springfield '03, a 1913 Rock Island '03, and that same Smith Corona that I've had since 1975 when I was 18.

Great book, that Brophy "The 1903 Springfields."

Hah! JWA's gonna make me go down the Winchester bolt-action .22 rifle rabbit hole.
 
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#27 ·
noelekal said:
Big Larry;

You're right. I ordered one of the first Brophy 1903 Springfield books from the first printing out of an ad placed in the "Shotgun News?" I guess he'd placed it himself for I spoke to him on the phone about it. I think he was at Marlin then, researching data for them. I went from one lonely Smith Corona '03A3 to 15 different '03s covering most of the major variants excepting for the rod bayonet first variant.

Am back down to three now, a 1918 Springfield '03, a 1913 Rock Island '03, and that same Smith Corona that I've had since 1975 when I was 18.

Great book, that Brophy "The 1903 Springfields."

Hah! JWA's gonna make me go down the Winchester bolt-action .22 rifle rabbit hole.
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Winchester 22's are amongst the best rifles ever made.
My M1903 collection, all gone now, consisted of many variations, a 1922 Heavy bbl. Match Rifle, a Style "T", some Sporters, some 22's, and one fully documented 1903A1/Unertl USMC Sniper rifle. The last one I had, was a drippy mint 10-1918 M1903. Could not bear to sell it, so I gave it to a friend. Big Larry
 
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