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WICHITA ARMS Varmit Rifle

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07 November 2009, 22:57
Snowwolfe
WICHITA ARMS Varmit Rifle
Looking for feedback on these rifles and this one is in 6mm.
Not much on the companies web page and I was wondering if anyone here owned or used one? What do they sell for used?


My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
09 November 2009, 10:31
Idaho Sharpshooter
the shell holder actions?

Rich
10 November 2009, 01:25
butchloc
wichita rifles are 1st class accuracy products. never were cheap & I believe they are in the 2-3000 range today. used one years ago for silhouette shooting
10 November 2009, 22:11
K20350
I have seen 2 witchitas. Absolute tack drivers. Mostly used for silhouettes. The ones I saw where 7 IHMSA and 6ppc. The 6ppc one had a Shilen trigger due to the owner saying he had "problems" w/ the factory one.
07 January 2010, 20:12
J Goering
Snowwolfe,

I worked for Wichita back in the 70's as a metalsmith/toolmaker. The actions were all made in-house. Barrels were Douglas Premium, stocks were made by Fajen, and the action was made to use Remington style triggers. I don't see them for sale very often, so I'm not sure what the going rate is. I'm predjudiced but I thought they were/are very fine guns.
07 January 2010, 20:35
srtrax
Didnt Wichita Arms also buld actions for Champlin Arms? I remember reading something about that somewhere's.May have been for another company, Memory gets foggy at times! Big Grin


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07 January 2010, 21:23
J Goering
Yes they did. The contract was finished by the time I started working there but there were many fixtures and tools around the shop from that job. We also built a pair of Great Lakes biplanes for Doug Champlin. Seems he had some varied interests.