I don’t know why, and I haven’t been able to convince myself to add that synthetic abnormality to my complete 200 series collection. I don’t know what wood was used but the deluxe has some figure, as does a few random examples of the rest of the series.n Towards the end of the run, Winchester replaced the forend on the pump model with a black plastic one. The black finish on the alluminum does scratch but wears well. The simple blow back action runs real fast and reliable. Never had a miss feed or failure to eject from any of mine, with any ammo. The 200 series had some terrible advertising with outrageous depiction of American Indians with the rifles. Anyway, a couple of years into the series they added the 255, a 22 mag. It is funny that Winchester, and everyone else, seems to have forgotten all about that gun when they came out with the 9422 as they advertised and called the 9422 the first lever-action 22 from Winchester. A pump action and the first lever-action modern 22 from Winchester. The difference being a pistol grip pressed-checkering stock of some decent unknown hardwood. They brought out a nice design set of 22’s, the 250 semi-auto right after their plain 150. The 200 series was Winchester’s effort to get into the affordable aluminum receiver small arms that were taking the market by storm. Nice to see SOMEONE is open minded enough to be interested to learn something about them. I’m a pre-64 as are almost all of my Winchesters. I’m totally ignorant of the Model 255, would like to hear more about it.
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