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Have you heard of Winslow Arms Co

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I recently acquired a Remington 700, that is engraved Winslow Arms Co. and sports a 1.250' straight barrel in 6mm Remington.

The metal is highly polished and blued,really glossy deep color like a chrome blue), jeweled bolt, and its buttery smooth...Just wondering if anyone has heard of them before.

I did find that they are in Camden, SC

Thanks
 
They now manage Cooper arms and have supplied barrels for them in the past. I believe they are the makers of the combat 45
 
When I was a kid, I would see their custom rifles in Shooters Digest. I turn 50 in June. There rifles were chambered in any caliber available plus wildcats. The action and barrel as I remember looked like a Weatherby in a Richard's Microfit Wildcat stock. There was lot gold and abalone inlays in the stock.
 
I could go dig out the 1966 Gun Digest to confirm this, but IIRC, Winslow built a very nice custom varmint rifle around Sako L461 actions. They were available in such exotic chamberings as the 17 Javalina; the proportions when built around the little Sako action made them very attractive in the eye of a 15yr. old shooter,me in '66). Stocks had several of the Weatherby-inspired design features. I haven't heard or read anything about Winslow for many years - anyone know if they're still in business?
 
I live in Camden, and they are still there. Although, I'm not sure if they still do custom work. I believe they have a new owner and they seem to have random hours. I have a friend who has a rifle they built over 30 years ago. I must say, it is the best feeling wood stock gun I have ever held.

Note: I took them a pistol to have a front sight tacked on and the work was sub-par. The work looked bad and the sight ended up falling off, so I have not gone back since then and that was 5 years ago. I would venture to say that Winslow arms ain't what it used to be.
 
thanks for the information! I'd definitely say this was made sometime ago...C series receiver...in an early Six Enterprise black synthetic stock...with the quality of the work on this gun and detailed finish, I'd say that the original owner might have sold out and moved onto Cooper???
 
While I cannot say that I know much about the company, I have been fortunate enought to see their work.

The Winslow rifles I have seen both belong to my grandfather. They are both based off a Browning style FN Reciever, and if I had to guess are of the 70s vintage, but that is only a guess. He has had them as long as I can remember and I was born in 1979.

They are top notch custom rifles. The bluing is exceptional, really second to none, and both are fine collectors pieces--ones I would never want to fire! Even more amazing than the blueing is the checkering. The checkering is like a basket weave design. They both have ivory inlays, and are really georgeous.

If you were lucky enough to get ahold of one, I would keep it as pristine as possible. I've bumped into ones of lesser grade wood and without the ivory inlays, and they draw at least 3k at the gunshows.

They are a great piece to have!
 
TominSWNY said:
They now manage Cooper arms and have supplied barrels for them in the past. I believe they are the makers of the combat 45
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I don't believe that Winslow Arms Co. has any connection to Cooper Firearms of Montana, Inc.

Danny
 
^ They didn't. Winslow Arms is no longer. The last principal, and owner was named Albreckt (sp?). He passed away several years ago. He was also the stock maker. The business was sold, inventory sold off, changed names, etc.

I had the luck of picking up several stock blanks from Mr. Albreckt while he still alive. One of which still had USPS postage on it from the 1970's when they were located in Florida.
 
Winslow arms built custom rifles to your specs , they did have inventory and listed 4-5 dif levels of custom . Some may say gaudy , very swoopy on the same lines as Lawson rifle stocks , but with a lot more engraving , inlays , and fancy wood . They used almost any action you wanted , they were always Mausers on hand .
The company is long gone and unfortunately the rifles haven't increase in value much .
 
very attractive in the eye of a 15yr. old shooter,me in '66).
Thanks! I feel a little younger!!:p
 
brand692 said:
While I cannot say that I know much about the company, I have been fortunate enought to see their work.

The Winslow rifles I have seen both belong to my grandfather. They are both based off a Browning style FN Reciever, and if I had to guess are of the 70s vintage, but that is only a guess. He has had them as long as I can remember and I was born in 1979.
.....and now I feel old again.:( I graduated high school in 74.;)
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As a kid, one of the best places to buy rifles was a place in western New York called "G & R Tackle". It stood for "Gordon and Raymond". Raymond took care of the rifles and Gord took care of fishing. They had a booth towards the back of the store where from time to time, according to Ray, a "rifle-artist", not 'smith, would come in and do work. I remember it just like it was yesterday. They had 2 Winslow rifles for sale. One was built in 7mm Rem. Mag. and the other in .300 Weatherby Mag. They had the most incredible stocks you ever saw. Rich inlays of ACTUAL ivory of 2 Rocky Mountain sheep bashing each other in battle. The other was an Elk standing on a mountain ridge. The scroll work on the receiver was inlayed in gold and very extravagant! They both sported Leupold 3-9X scopes. The price back in '67 and beyond, as I never saw the rifles had ever sold, were $3500.00 each! Remember back then, that was more expensive than a Cadillac! They sat for as long as I can remember. But they were the most gorgeous rifles I have ever seen in my life!
 
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Winslow arms was in south Sarasota Florida on US 41 My best friend has 4 of their guns . We visited often they had certified gun smith . All work was done in house . The stock work was done by Mennonite workers they had a spot the parked their horse and wagons . Larry
 
Great blog guys, always wondered about Winslow, I have a 300 Weatherby Mag by Winslow, only has about 30 rounds through it, think i've had it for 30 plus years. Beautiful rifle.
 
I've seen them pop up on Gun Broker on occasion. Some might call them a bit gaudy but they were sure lookers, all dolled up.
A friend of mine who has long since left the deer camp had one in .270 built on a pre 64 Winchester action. It had a pretty thin barrel but would
put three shots in one very small ragged hole. Unfortunately, he fell on hard times and hocked it:(
 
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