Resurrected Rifle

velocette

velocette

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Thursday, the 25th, I took my Winchester model of 1906 for it's second maiden range trip. (the first was in 1919) It has a relined barrel, new buttstock & foregrip, all new external screws, the muzzle has an 11 degree crown. (many thanks to 4D reamer rentals) & all internal parts have been cleaned & de-rusted. As many original parts have been used as possible. Unfortunately, 'Bubba' got to this rifle sometime in it's over 100 years of existence, so not all parts are original. The buttstock has been finished with Minwax Antique Oil and LOT of rubbing, steel wooling etc. Many thanks to Homestead Parts for the screws, bits & pieces needed to make the rifle whole.
Functionally it was fine, feeding, firing and ejecting properly. Accuracy is a bit difficult to ascertain as the sights are very small and my eyes are very old.
Now I'm thinking of installing a tang mounted aperture sight to ease the eye problem. IMG_1908.JPG IMG_1909.JPG IMG_1910.JPG IMG_1911.JPG
 
Very nice!

I have one that I bought at a gun show that had been re-blued and wood refinished.

The seller said that it was really difficult to run the action. I paid $300 for it. I took it all apart and found a lot of dried oil and crud in the action. Being that they can be taken down in half it wasn’t too difficult. I did polish some of the internals a bit, re-oiled it and now it works great.

Would love to find a few more to have in inventory, as I think they would be awesome grandchildren gifts (my kids are still in primary school). They would make for nice heirlooms.
 
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Absolutely gorgeous sir!

I "restored" this one for my buddy after it was found in his FILs attic. Had been there at least 30 years and was rusted shut with a loaded magazine full of sludgy green things that used to be .22 cartridges.
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He didn't want to put any money into it, so did the best I could with elbow grease and cold blue. Turned out ok, I think. I've seen actual sewer pipes with better bores, but it'll still mostly hit a tin can at 25yds- mostly. 😁
 
Very nice! I was given one by a neighbor/friend/customer when they were moving. It was rough, and had probably about 20-25 bullets lodged in the bore. I managed to get them out with aircraft drills & bushings followed by a little hardened plug I turned just under land diameter to drive through and then many, many passes with stainless brushes. Fun little rifles. This makes me want to restore it, it's nowhere near as pretty as yours.
 
That is a very nice rebuild. I would experiment with dollar store reading glasses before cluttering it up with a tang sight.

My weakness for 22 pump rifles has always been the Remington Model 12, probably because that is what I learned to shoot with as a kid. I was allowed to use it until I found my own rifle under the Christmas tree when I was 11 years old. Of course it wasn't a model 12.
 
You found a lovely piece of wood for the buttstock! I replaced the one on mine (which was also a replacement, badly fitted and finished) with a sound but very plain buttstock from Gun Parts/Numrich.

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It doesn't need much else -- the finish is well worn but so far I've decided against rebluing. Works and shoots great, but I think a tang sight would help with my eyesight as well.

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MachIVshooter said:
Very nice! I was given one by a neighbor/friend/customer when they were moving. It was rough, and had probably about 20-25 bullets lodged in the bore. I managed to get them out with aircraft drills & bushings followed by a little hardened plug I turned just under land diameter to drive through and then many, many passes with stainless brushes. Fun little rifles. This makes me want to restore it, it's nowhere near as pretty as yours.
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MachIV;
The original barrel of my rifle was both ringed and bulged. Ring was three inches in front of chamber, the bulge about a half inch past the ring. Thus the original barrel was beyond re-lining. I found a used barrel on ebay and re-lined it. I paid a professional to install and index the barrel. (A mans gotta know his own limitations)

doubleh;
A tang mounted aperture sight is easily and quickly returned to original. (it sits on top of the receiver's tang) Its main attraction is that it is friendly to elderly eyes, a pair of which I am saddled with. It is understood that the rifle will not be a tack driving X ring master. A fun plinker is it's niche in life.

Today, I begin to make an oak plank to mount the rifle on so as to hang it in my "man cave" along with a few other antiques like my 1885 Whitney rolling block and some old Colt & S&W revolvers. The Winchester will be the most modern firearm displayed by many years Whitney 2nd model 2 copy.jpg .
 
That is a thing of beauty! I love those old Winchester pump 22's, an 82 year old friend of mine has one sitting in the corner of his old farmhouse kitchen. At least I think it's a model 1906 because I'm not too familiar with them. He just calls it his "gallery gun" and it's a real good shooter. Here's a pic of one of his friends plinking with it a couple years ago........
IMG_7312.JPG ..That look like a model 1906? It has an octagon barrel and I don't recall seeing them with octagon barrels. So maybe it is some other model and really is an old gallery gun? It's not mint, but it's decent and would make a nice restoration project. He got it over 40 years ago from a family farm down the road and he was told it had been in that family there since the 1920's. If he ever sells it I told him to call me first.
 
I have a basketful of Model 1890. Been slowly gathering what I need to rebuild it into a 22 LR. Need a lifter and I should be good. Will line the barrel so it is rifled appropriately for the LR cartridge.

Kevin
 
22250Rem said:
That look like a model 1906? It has an octagon barrel and I don't recall seeing them with octagon barrels. So maybe it is some other model and really is an old gallery gun? It's not mint, but it's decent and would make a nice restoration project. He got it over 40 years ago from a family farm down the road and he was told it had been in that family there since the 1920's. If he ever sells it I told him to call me first.
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That is a Model 1890. They were available in 22 Short, 22 Long, 22 Winchester Rimfire and later in production 22 Long Rifle. There were some, very few, built with round barrels.

I prefer the 1890 because of the longer barrel and more weight.

Kevin
 
velocette said:
A tang mounted aperture sight is easily and quickly returned to original. (it sits on top of the receiver's tang) Its main attraction is that it is friendly to elderly eyes, a pair of which I am saddled with. It is understood that the rifle will not be a tack driving X ring master. A fun plinker is it's niche in life.
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Thanks for the tutorial. I do know just a little about tang sights, having a half dozen or so equipped with them. I agree they work well with old eyes. What works even better is having your cataracts removed if that is an option. It amazes me how much better my vision is now requiring no glasses at all except safety for shooting.
 
Thanks for the model identification, StrawHat. I'm not too familiar with those old Winchester pumps, but find them very fascinating. That's the only one I've ever fired and it's a shooter for sure. I can see why folks go to great lengths to rebuild & restore them. Looked up a few of them that were for sale online and nice ones go for a pretty penny.
 
That is a beautiful rifle! I have always had a desire for an outside-hammer Winchester pump; so far I've settled for a M61 that isn't nearly as pretty as that one. That's likely a good thing though, as I'd never use it if it looked that good!

Mac
 
Great job, OP...very nice wood that refinished to superb condition. My Winchester M-62 was `90% when I bought it 25 yrs ago...and as my eyes aged I fitted it with a Marbles tang and the smallest white bead I could find...sub-1/16" for sure...don't recall if it was a Lyman or Marbles however.

The tang sight makes a big difference and has kept the rifle in use for me to the present (I'm now 77 yrs old). For squirrels in the timber or any type of plinking, it's a great combination. The gun's got a good/great bbl. that'll hold sub-1/2" groups of 3 shots at 25 yds with CCI Standard Velocity solids or "Meatgetter" HP's.

Here's the obligatory pic along with my M-61 Winchester. Best regards, Rod

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