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| Above, a Winchester 1890 rifle. NRA photo. |
An argument has broken out in one of the Winchester Pre-64 Facebook pages.
A fellow posted photos of his Winchester 1890 and referred to it as a "gallery gun" in his posting. One person replied asking what makes it a gallery gun.
The thread then took a nasty turn with several members cussing at each other.
Out of curiosity, I looked up gallery guns and the Winchester 1890 was mentioned several times in the results.
Here's one from The Firearm Blog:
While gallery guns can trace their origins as far back as the American Civil War, the practice of “gallery shooting” has more or less survived to this day. Shooting Galleries were more or less the same thing as the gun ranges we use today for practice. While one could only guess what some of these much older shooting galleries operated like, we do actually know what kind of firearms were most often used.
Some of the most common gallery guns included the Winchester Model 1890. This slide-action (pump-action) 22 caliber rifle was a popular choice for competitors and shooting gallery patrons that could also serve as a pest control rifle as it could accept everything from .22 Shorts (used for gallery shooting) all the way up to .22 Long Rifle. Another popular American example was the Remington Rider single-shot pistol, which was a dedicated offering for those who enjoyed the sport of gallery shooting – with some people going as far as to have a dedicated shooting parlor in their house.
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| Above, my Winchester 94 and 62A rifles. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
I have a Winchester Model 62A .22 rifle and it also has been called a gallery gun over the years. Some shooting galleries did use these rifles. I inherited it from my maternal grandfather. It was made in 1947.
It is a pump-action rifle.
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