First, I removed as much rust as possible with light gun oil and righteous scrubbing.
Its condition was too rough for me to consider spending the money needed for a professional restoration, but I was determined to return it to shooting condition affordably.
The wood was so old and dry that it was brittle, the metal covered with rust.įor some reason I took fancy on this old utility rifle.
Someone had glued the crack and carefully inlaid a groove in the wood in order to seat a wrap of baling wire to tighten the stock. Further, the stock was loose at the wrist and had a long crack. The beaten old South Dakota barn gun was inoperable when I received it the entire firing pin assembly was missing from the bolt. It is a Frankenstein “parts gun,” the upper assembly was made in 1908 and the lower assembly was made in 1913 when and why that mating took place is lost forever in time. Several years ago, a friend who I had bought many guns from gave me the Winchester Model 1906 pictured above. Vive la liberté! Vive all y'all! Ante omnia armari. You may be able to minimize your online DNA residue by using Tor and Duck Duck Go. If you are online, you are being spied on via one method or another, for one reason or another 'nuff said. TRACKING COOKIES: Google et al stick tracking cookies on everybody. I do not accept payment, gifts, discounts, freebies, products on loan, distilled spirits, recreational pharmaceuticals, plea-bargains, probation, parole, Papal Blessings, Presidential Pardons, or sexual favors for doing any review or blog post. All products, places, and miscellany that I review for this blog are purchased / rented / leased at retail price by me. What does or does not work for me could be rugged-country-miles away from your tastes and your needs. Entries at this blog are akin to good old-fashioned campfire chats or post hunt bourbon-fueled barroom-bluster I offer no opinion on what you should or should not purchase, or what you should be using or doing. Even though much of what I blog about relates to firearms collecting and recreational shooting, I am not an expert (by any measure) on any facet of guns, shooting, hunting, or personal defense. DISCLAIMER: This blog is a hobby, it is not a livelihood. THIS BLOG CONTAINS (albeit often very childish) ADULT-CONTENT.
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