Description
Introduced in 1939, the Winchester Model 74 is an intriguing self-loading rimfire. The receiver is built on an 8.5-inch-long steel tube. An inch in diameter, the tubular receiver houses a simple blowback-operated bolt and is fed by a tubular magazine housed in the buttstock. Unlike most vintage semiautomatic rimfire rifles, the Model 74 allows the bolt to be removed from the rear of the recei
