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Winchester Diamond Grade

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This month I’m going retro. The first gun I bought was a Winchester 6500 Sporter 12-bore with 28in barrels and Teague chokes. I loved that little gun, and it got me my first win, so Winchester is close to my heart.

In a moment of madness I decided I wanted to buy another one, but fancied something slightly different. After trawling Guntrader to see what was out there, I did a bit of research to see what I thought would suit my style of shooting, if you can say that I actually have a style.

Winchester was a big name in the late 1970s and 1980s, with its 101 range of guns being made in Japan

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