These are by no means new firearms, but I inherited 6 guns today due to a death in the family. Thanks Uncle Paul, I'll put them to good use.

Ruger .22 LR Mark 1 5.5" bull barrel pistol. (good shape)
High Standard .22LR target model pistol. (pretty bad shape)
Winchester model 67A bolt action .22 rifle. (shooter, not collector)
Marlin model 81 bolt action .22 rifle. (Shooter, not collector)
Remington 742 Woodmaster in .280 Remington (definite shooter, far from collector)
Winchester model 1987 12g (possible shooter, highly modified)

Got the .22's figured out. Even ran 100 rounds through the pistols today, and the Ruger is a tack driving machine. The High Standard shoots well, but needs some TLC.

Never shot a .280 Remington. Rounds look similar to to a .30-06, slightly longer case, and the mags fit my 740 in .30-06. Is this the round known also as the 7MM express? My other Rem autoloader is a great brush gun, and this one came with a 3-9 Weaver, plus it has irons. The boys will likely end up hunting with this one as they get bigger.

The most interesting gun is the Win 1897. Looks like the stock was shortened to add a recoil pad, and the barrel was shortened to 21.5 inches. The barrel and receiver sections have the same serial number, but the thing that bugs me is that somebody cut down a full choke barrel (marked near breach). Anybody ever redo one of these? The finish is gone, I mean NADA, the stock and barrel have been screwed up, so I'm thinking it has no value other than possbile restoration. Thoughts?

Definitely holding onto the Ruger, Rem 742, and 1897. Have 10 other rimfires, and only one of the others might stay, the Win 67A.

Andy

Andy,

The .280started as the .280 Remington and then got a name change to 7mm Express. After a few rifles blew up from people trying to shoot other 7mm amo through them,Remington changed the name back to .280

Its basically a 30-06 necked down to .284. Its great for anything you'd use an 06 on.