Winchester Collector - Forum: General Discussions & Questions

Jeremy P on Useless USPS

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:36:42 +0000

Jeff, I emailed your aol account with a upload link to my unlimited work OneDrive as an experiment. Happy to store them there for anyone wanting a link later on (if it works). See if they'll upload but they might choke it out!

JWA on Useless USPS

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:22:06 +0000

Jeremy P said

JWA said
Steve,
I have them all electronically (1944-2009) if you would like a digital copy.
Jeff


You got an online storage link where I can look at a couple of those by chance? 🙂

No, they are about 7.5 GB total but I can probably put them into a drop box (if I can figure out how to do that), or, if you have a drop box send me a link where to drag them. Otherwise, I can put them on a memory stick and mail them to you (old school). They range from between 50mb to 225mb per year if your email will handle that?

Best Regards,

Jeremy P on Useless USPS

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:49:42 +0000

JWA said
Steve,
I have them all electronically (1944-2009) if you would like a digital copy.
Jeff

You got an online storage link where I can look at a couple of those by chance? 🙂

Steven Gabrielli on Useless USPS

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:43:54 +0000

Wow, you guys are the best.

JWA on Useless USPS

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:21:30 +0000

Steve,

I have them all electronically (1944-2009) if you would like a digital copy.

Jeff

Anthony on Useless USPS

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:58:40 +0000

Steve,

I'm gonna shoot you a PM, this weekend of what I have left from my Father in Law's books, that are getting picked up next week, by an Auction Company.

There Yours if you'd like. I just am not sure what's left as we let everyone take what they wanted and we're doing some clean out.

Tony

Steven Gabrielli on Useless USPS

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:53:43 +0000

Thanks Tony. The one I needed was 1955, but I just found a beat up one on eBay. Let’s see how this goes.

Definitely something up with USPS, I’ve had multiple issues the last few months.

Anthony on Useless USPS

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:37:35 +0000

Steven,

If you have a picture of the 3 that you are missing, send me a PM, with a picture, as I might be able to help a Veteran out, and replace them. If not, maybe, I can send you a few others to put a smile on you're face!

Tony

1873man on Useless USPS

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:46:51 +0000

I have had issues with bad handling where I only got the label from the box. and sometimes it was bad packaging. Not enough packing, too small of box or not enough tape. I package boxes figuring a gorilla is going to handle it.

Bob

Buck1967 on Useless USPS

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:13:05 +0000

Sorry to hear that Steve and I feel your pain! They are really bad lately. I had a Winchester Fly Rod that took 5 weeks to get to me and we could see it went to Dallas 4 times, Chicago 3 times, Memphis twice and Atlanta twice before it finally made its way to me. I was lucky in that it did finally arrive. I have watched packages sit for 7 to 14 days with no tracking update at all. I will happily pay more to use UPS over the USPS any day of the week!

Steven Gabrielli on Useless USPS

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:08:58 +0000

Well they struck again, package shipped to me over a month ago. Seller filed a missing mail report, it showed up to me 10 days later. Three vintage Gun Digests from the 1950s, stolen. Moron delivered me an empty box, taped.

Pete Hynard on Model 1892 in 25-20 rebarrel project

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:43:26 +0000

Nice work on the bore photo, Mark.

As you said, the bore isn't as good as mine but it's not that bad. As Mike said, even that level of pitting is enough to be a problem. The fact that your cleaning patches show heavy lead fouling is proof of that.

The bore is certainly good enough to shoot jacketed bullets well but you already know that.

I don't know what to suggest. If the coated bullets are working well, maybe that's the solution.

Pete

MCorrell on Model 1892 in 25-20 rebarrel project

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:46:10 +0000

Mike, I use coated cast bullets almost exclusively these days with good results. When I bought this gun we were in the COVID mess and coated bullets for it weren’t available, so I bought lubed cast bullets and the Remington JSP as mentioned previously.

The bore was cleaned prior to shooting included 2 or 3 consecutive applications of Hoppe’s Elite foaming cleaner and then after every trip to the range since. It was very dirty and heavily lead fouled. I was surprised it came out as clean as it did.

TXGunNut on Model 1892 in 25-20 rebarrel project

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:19:49 +0000

Mark-

I think with that level of pitting cast bullets may be a challenge. As a rule a properly lubed and sized bullet will not lead a good bore. Sometimes a hard lead alloy will actually lead more than a softer bullet because the harder bullet will not obturate to fill and seal off the bore. Coated bullets are often soft and perform well in worn bores but I haven't tried them.

Have you cleaned the rifle yet? I'm curious about the type and level of fouling.

Mike

MCorrell on Model 1892 in 25-20 rebarrel project

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:15:50 +0000

Thanks Pete. Here is a pic of my gun’s bore

it is like this throughout. I wish I had a lifetime supply of the JSP Remington bullets. I found a box of 500 locally for 30 bucks a few years back not long after buying this gun at a local gunsmith. IIRC I have a sample of some coated .259 diameter, 85 grain coated bullets from Missouri Bullet to test when my local range reopens and my health returns.