Rancho Roy Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 A few weeks ago I picked up an old 1873 Winchester that needed lots of love! This one was a real challenge but I think it came out pretty good! Lots of pictures so I wrote an entire article for my web page www.rvbprecision.com Enjoy!
Spittoon O Tool SASS #62053 Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 That's just awesome! Spittoon
Rancho Roy Posted January 27, 2015 Author Posted January 27, 2015 Thank you! A total labor of love....I just wish these old guns could talk!
Tango Mike 20653 Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 Wonderful! You have preserved some important history.
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 Nice work. Just a thought, but did you look at possibly using a dust cover from one of the Ubertis?
Flanigan Flats Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 Awesome. I'm working at restoring 2 originals and I enjoyed the read.
Rancho Roy Posted January 28, 2015 Author Posted January 28, 2015 Yes, I measured the dust cover on my Uberti and it is also too wide. I'm going to order a dovetail for a second model and attach it to the top of my receiver.
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 That's just plain awesome man! Thanks for posting it.
Swift Stoney 49735 Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 Those old guns can "talk". You just have to sit quietly in your rocking chair and occasionally lever it. Images will start to form in your mind and then you are off to dreamland.
Rancho Roy Posted January 29, 2015 Author Posted January 29, 2015 Swift, that's a wonderful image! Thanks I have an 1894 Take Down in 32 Special and it has six knife cuts in the wrist. I love to think this rifle was used by Texas Rangers and those are bad guys it dispatched....But most likely it was deer kills....or as my wife says, the number of times the previous owners wife let him go hunting!
Rancho Roy Posted February 1, 2015 Author Posted February 1, 2015 Updated the article with a dust cover fix: http://rvbprecision.com/shooting/winchester-1873-saddle-ring-rifle-rebuild.html
Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Enjoyed reading about your project, great job.
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