I have heard about the Winchester 59 for many years and always said why would anyone want one. I heard the stories of those that loved it and others cursing the butt heavy feel among other things. Never handled one until a couple months ago. One was in a local gun shop and I chuckled at it and picked it up. It felt pretty good but still not my taste. I went back for other things a few times and always picked it up. Well the price was 299.00, it was in decent shape and had a modified barrel. I said what the heck lets give it a try and bought it. Took it down back to the range, set up the trip wires and shot it from many angles and both split and stacked doubles. It was a very fast handling gun that pointed well for me. Not sure how many birds I shot but only had one miss. So far so good but more shooting needed for a better assessment. Sure does carry nice at 6 and a half pounds!
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