Pics of 1892 with refinished stocks + update
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Pics of 1892 with refinished stocks + update
My Winchester 1892 SRC serial number indicates that it was manufactured in 1912. From the wear on the top tang and bottom of the action, it looks to have been hunted hard for many years until someone converted it to .357 magnum. This conversion included internal mods, a 20" Douglas barrel, and Bishop stocks and buttplate.
Though I do not know the date of the conversion, when I purchased it in 1970 as a companion for my .357 revolver, the high gloss varnish type finish was already cracking and the wood was dented and scratched, indicating that it had been used hard in the .357 reincarnation. It shot well though, so I used it for target shooting, plinking, training the kids to shoot, and a little hunting, until the old black powder firing pin had worn such a hole in the bolt face that primers were flowing back around it and sometimes rupturing.
Nothing left to do but have all the problems fixed at once, so off to Doc's Gun Shop it went (details of the bolt repairs and such were covered in previous posts). Now, after a complete disassembly and cleaning, stock refinishing, and the repaired bolt with smokeless firing pin and hole installed, it is back in my hands. It looks like a new rifle and I hope that it shoots like the old one!
The butt stock before:
After:
The forend before:
After:
The checkering was only cleaned, not recut and looks fine to me:
This time, no varnish! Just hand rubbed oil finish and a coat of wax. I hope you guys like it as much as I do. Maybe I can get out to the range soon with the chrony and some new ammo and have some fun.
Oh, yes, that is a Lyman sight with an after market brass ghost ring insert.
Just look at the wood tones on the forend!
Update - Today, test fired the repaired bolt and new firing pin with a .38 load and it worked fine leaving a nice dent in the primer. Now I am ready for .357 loads.
Though I do not know the date of the conversion, when I purchased it in 1970 as a companion for my .357 revolver, the high gloss varnish type finish was already cracking and the wood was dented and scratched, indicating that it had been used hard in the .357 reincarnation. It shot well though, so I used it for target shooting, plinking, training the kids to shoot, and a little hunting, until the old black powder firing pin had worn such a hole in the bolt face that primers were flowing back around it and sometimes rupturing.
Nothing left to do but have all the problems fixed at once, so off to Doc's Gun Shop it went (details of the bolt repairs and such were covered in previous posts). Now, after a complete disassembly and cleaning, stock refinishing, and the repaired bolt with smokeless firing pin and hole installed, it is back in my hands. It looks like a new rifle and I hope that it shoots like the old one!
The butt stock before:
After:
The forend before:
After:
The checkering was only cleaned, not recut and looks fine to me:
This time, no varnish! Just hand rubbed oil finish and a coat of wax. I hope you guys like it as much as I do. Maybe I can get out to the range soon with the chrony and some new ammo and have some fun.
Oh, yes, that is a Lyman sight with an after market brass ghost ring insert.
Just look at the wood tones on the forend!
Update - Today, test fired the repaired bolt and new firing pin with a .38 load and it worked fine leaving a nice dent in the primer. Now I am ready for .357 loads.
Last edited by crs on Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:29 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Griff - this is the rifle we had to quit shooting last time at the range because of smoking primers and yes, that is the wood of the Bishop stocks that looked sort of orange back then.
Marlin 35 - Thank you. I wish I could take credit for the wood work, but it was done by Mark Parenti of Doc's Gun Shop in Carrollton, TX. Needless to say, I really do like it and it was worth the money, too.
Marlin 35 - Thank you. I wish I could take credit for the wood work, but it was done by Mark Parenti of Doc's Gun Shop in Carrollton, TX. Needless to say, I really do like it and it was worth the money, too.
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You have a rifle there that you will most likely be enjoying till the day you cash your chips!!! Nice to have something that has become a part of who you are, you gave a new life to a very nice old Winchester!!
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stock refinishing
I decided to refinish my Rem 870 high grade walnut stock but couldn't get the polyurethane finish off until my GS told me he used Permatex Gasket Remover available at Auto Parts Stores.Spray it on let it work ,the polyurethane becomes water soluable and then you're down to the wood.
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Re: stock refinishing
Great idea thanks for posting.scr83jp wrote:I decided to refinish my Rem 870 high grade walnut stock but couldn't get the polyurethane finish off until my GS told me he used Permatex Gasket Remover available at Auto Parts Stores.Spray it on let it work ,the polyurethane becomes water soluable and then you're down to the wood.
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