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.
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.