Winchester 1873...A Rebuild!

[Rancho Roy 257]

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 9]

That's just awesome!

 

Spittoon

[Rancho Roy 257]

Thank you! A total labor of love....I just wish these old guns could talk!

[Tango Mike 20653 5]

Wonderful! You have preserved some important history.

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263 564]

Nice work. Just a thought, but did you look at possibly using a dust cover from one of the Ubertis?

[Flanigan Flats 73]

Awesome. I'm working at restoring 2 originals and I enjoyed the read.

[Rancho Roy 257]

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 1,832]

That's just plain awesome man! Thanks for posting it.

[Swift Stoney 49735 15]

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 257]

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 257]

Updated the article with a dust cover fix:

http://rvbprecision.com/shooting/winchester-1873-saddle-ring-rifle-rebuild.html

[Lead Ringer 73]

Very nice👍

Regards,

Ringer

[guitar_slinger 9]

Wow, that is nice work!

[Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 3]

Enjoyed reading about your project, great job.