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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HFS" data-source="post: 3069870" data-attributes="member: 8862">I remember reading in a gun magazine (so it must be true) about a police department years ago (like 1960s or 70s) that somehow wound up with a Model 1895 Winchester lever action.  The chief or somebody decided the department needed a sniper rifle, so they were going to get a gunsmith to drill and tap the old gun for some kind of offset scope mount. (The model 1895 loads through the top of the action.) Fortunately cooler heads prevailed and they sold the antique Winchester in original condition for more than the cost of a new bolt action rifle with scope.</blockquote>