'06 Winchester finished

[velocette]

The finishing touches are finally here. I installed a Marbles tang sight on the resurrected '06 Winchester.
It now has new wood, a new re lined barrel, a few new parts and many hours of cleaning etc. The tang sight was purchased for it's aperture function with older eyes (helps to focus on front sight & target) Thus far I'm able to get some fairly good groups at 25 yards. (an Anschutz it is not) with flawless function and a fairly good trigger.
But mainly it is a great fun rifle to shoot. It's only disappointment is that the tube magazine only holds 10 rounds which run out too fast.

 

[halfmoonclip]

I have the Rossi version, with a 16", and a 19th Century Lyman tang sight.
This was my first experience with tang sights; I drilled the tang, and used entirely ordinary machine screws to hold it. The latch on mine is missing, so the tang is always up.
A couple of Mirokuchesters now wear Marbles Tang Sights; love them.
If an Anschutz it ain't, a buddy calls it "the gun you can't miss with". It is pure murder on any target you can reasonably see. Mine will run on .22 Shorts as well.
Moon

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Awesome job, sir!

 

[halfmoonclip]

The finishing touches are finally here. I installed a Marbles tang sight on the resurrected '06 Winchester.
It now has new wood, a new re lined barrel, a few new parts and many hours of cleaning etc. The tang sight was purchased for it's aperture function with older eyes (helps to focus on front sight & target) Thus far I'm able to get some fairly good groups at 25 yards. (an Anschutz it is not) with flawless function and a fairly good trigger.
But mainly it is a great fun rifle to shoot. It's only disappointment is that the tube magazine only holds 10 rounds which run out too fast.

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Velocette, love the vintage .22 boxes, and I'm guessing the photo doesn't do justice to the grain in the wood.
The Marbles is adjustable for windage as well as elevation; the Lyman on mine is not, so I had to drift the front.
As regards running out of ammo too quickly, not sure if the '06 will run on shorts, but it will hold a bunch of those.
Beautiful rifle. Unhappily, Rossi has changed their version, so it no longer has the great Winchester looks.
Moon