Bedfordtec
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About 25 years ago I used to do the Dale City Virginia Gunshow. Near Quantico and the FBI.
Bought 5 new Winchester Model 94’s. The guns were pristine but the Boxes with blue lettering were old and crushed. Instructions and hang tags were included. The owner gave me a deal. His father who had been a Marine like him set up his basement to look like Matt Dillon!s office on the TV show “Gunsmoke” and had the five Winchesters chained in a rack like the TV set. He showed me pictures….. WOW. These are plain Jane 94s. No Checkering 20 inch or so barrel. Serial numbers date to the early 1970s. This is before Winchester became US Repeating Arms. Two of them were sold years ago to friends. A couple of weeks ago I decided to shoot one of them and the action was really stiff. Oiled it with CLP and over the last month I worked the action just over 2,000 times. Took down the number of times each day in a calendar. Sometimes over 100 a day in groups of 10. It actually seems to have gotten tighter especially when the bolt pushes back on the hammer. Any suggestions? Thanks
Bought 5 new Winchester Model 94’s. The guns were pristine but the Boxes with blue lettering were old and crushed. Instructions and hang tags were included. The owner gave me a deal. His father who had been a Marine like him set up his basement to look like Matt Dillon!s office on the TV show “Gunsmoke” and had the five Winchesters chained in a rack like the TV set. He showed me pictures….. WOW. These are plain Jane 94s. No Checkering 20 inch or so barrel. Serial numbers date to the early 1970s. This is before Winchester became US Repeating Arms. Two of them were sold years ago to friends. A couple of weeks ago I decided to shoot one of them and the action was really stiff. Oiled it with CLP and over the last month I worked the action just over 2,000 times. Took down the number of times each day in a calendar. Sometimes over 100 a day in groups of 10. It actually seems to have gotten tighter especially when the bolt pushes back on the hammer. Any suggestions? Thanks