WINCHESTER 52

Overview

Winchester Model 52 is a bolt-action .22-caliber target rifle introduced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1920. Familiarly known as the "King of the .22s," it was for decades regarded as the premier smallbore match rifle in the United States and acclaimed worldwide for its accuracy and craftsmanship. The Model 52 Sporter variant was ranked by Field & Stream as one of "the 50 best guns ever made," and Winchester historian Herbert Houze characterized it as "perfection in design. According to the Winchester serial number lookup, this gun was manufactured in 1951. This rifle is a single-shot rifle.