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January 23, 2012
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A while back I stumbled onto an unmolested attic-find Winchester 1873 in 38-40. It was orange, crusty and rough in most places but is was complete and kind of functional. I needed a project, the price was right and I hadn’t done anything overtly stupid in a while so it came home with me.
Before:
After a lot of soaking in a bucket of ATF and acetone, gentle scrubbing and as much TLC as I could muster, I ended up with this:
No matter what I did, the bore still looked like a Nuevo Laredo sewer pipe the day after Menudo Monday. It was fully functional and I could hit a 12″ plate at 50 yards most of the time. I started looking for someone to put a liner in the barrel. Most only lined 22’s or wanted to replace the original barrel. I finally found Randall Redman in Washington. He specializes in relining barrels and did an excellent job. I highly recommend him!
Redmans Rifling and Reboring
The target is 25 rounds of my cast 180gr RNFP reloads standing from 50 yards.
"Cowards never lasted long enough to become real cowboys." Charles Goodnight
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May 3, 2020
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Made a nice shooting rifle ??
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November 2, 2009
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Had Redman do a ’73 carbine for me years ago and he’s awesome. Dollar size groups at 75 yards.
January 19, 2017
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I wish that would happen to me. Well, it did, once. And I’m glad. But it needs to happen again, dang it!
November 7, 2015
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Nicely done! By coincidence I had a rough old 1892 in 32-20 relined by John Taylor in Puyallup, Washington. I think he’s more a machinist than gunsmith but very talented. Nice shooting!
Mike
