You’ll have to read the text to find out what this is… Here’s a question for you: what is this that is pictured above?  Take your time; I’ll wait… Got it?  Or not?  Anyway, it’s the trigger assembly from a Winchester Model of 1905.  The Win ’05, as it is commonly termed, is a long-recoil autoloading rifle developed by Tom Johnson and introduced, presumably, in 1905. Now that you know what it is, here’s a second question: why is it the subject of a blog post here?  After all, we’ve never done anything on the Win ’05.  Take your time to answer; I’ll wait… It’s here because it’s the direct…

It’s October of 2020, so the 22nd must be National 10/22 Day!  If you have a 10/22, be sure to bring it out and shoot it.  If you don’t have a 10/22…wait, doesn’t everyone have a 10/22?  Anyway, perhaps it would be a good day to get a 10/22. The 10/22 is truly a phenomenon in the gun industry.  It is one of the few firearms of which we are aware that has not gone through any fundamental design changes in all these years and millions of units.  Oh sure, the receiver finishes have changed, and the original three models, rifle, sporter and International, have permutated into literally hundreds of…