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calebib
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Guns, guns, guns! I got me some new guns!

Well, two new to me guns and a facelift for a third.
The facelift was on my Churchill Highlander .300 Win Mag. The old stock developed a crack in the wrist and Numrich still had a couple stocks for this rifle on hand so I ordered one. What I got was a brand new, never installed stock made from a rather nice piece of wood and no finish applied. I decided to do a tung oil finish which came out nice, I still need to install sling swivels.

The first new one is an old Remington 510 Target Master single shot .22lr. This gun has an interesting history, it was used at the Baltimore Zoo for rat and pigeon control for many years until my dad purchased it from the zoo in the early '80s. He gave it to me last weekend. It has the words "dust shot" carved into the stock to indicate the ammo to be used in it. It would have been great if it were a "Routledge" smooth bore but it's a standard Target Master. I still need to clean it up a bit and give it a trigger job then do some plinking.

And the last one is the one I'm most excited about, it's a Winchester Model 12 20 gauge made in 1913. It's has a 2 9/16" chamber so I need to pick up some 2 1/2" shells for it. I bought it from a friend and I had not seen it in about a year before I picked it up today. I had recalled that the bore had some pitting but when I got it home I pulled the barrel off and the pitting is far less severe than I thought. The stock has a little water staining so I am going to clean that up a bit, polish the bore and give it a good once over but beyond that I am keeping it as is and I'm gonna hunt with this thing this fall! I've been wanting a nice, old 20 gauge for years so I'm very excited to finally have this in my collection.
The facelift was on my Churchill Highlander .300 Win Mag. The old stock developed a crack in the wrist and Numrich still had a couple stocks for this rifle on hand so I ordered one. What I got was a brand new, never installed stock made from a rather nice piece of wood and no finish applied. I decided to do a tung oil finish which came out nice, I still need to install sling swivels.
The first new one is an old Remington 510 Target Master single shot .22lr. This gun has an interesting history, it was used at the Baltimore Zoo for rat and pigeon control for many years until my dad purchased it from the zoo in the early '80s. He gave it to me last weekend. It has the words "dust shot" carved into the stock to indicate the ammo to be used in it. It would have been great if it were a "Routledge" smooth bore but it's a standard Target Master. I still need to clean it up a bit and give it a trigger job then do some plinking.
And the last one is the one I'm most excited about, it's a Winchester Model 12 20 gauge made in 1913. It's has a 2 9/16" chamber so I need to pick up some 2 1/2" shells for it. I bought it from a friend and I had not seen it in about a year before I picked it up today. I had recalled that the bore had some pitting but when I got it home I pulled the barrel off and the pitting is far less severe than I thought. The stock has a little water staining so I am going to clean that up a bit, polish the bore and give it a good once over but beyond that I am keeping it as is and I'm gonna hunt with this thing this fall! I've been wanting a nice, old 20 gauge for years so I'm very excited to finally have this in my collection.
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Also, you triple suck.:yousuck::yousuck::yousuck::roll2:
Denny
:beer: / Al
I have my Dad's Mod 12 in 16ga, made in 1921, and the plastic or bakelite buttplate is cracked and about 1/4th gone. Any idea where I could get a replacement for it?
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
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Those are a couple of really nice finds and a great job in the facelift. You really do suck!
Your ears are about to start popping from the pressure change. I paid $165 for the Winchester.
I just thought :yousuck:--but $165? $165? $165!!!
Gotta hate you for a while, too.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
I kinda thought that's the response I'd get.
Bore pitting? you were worried about bore pitting in a 98 year old shot gun? $165??? Yes you absolutely suck!
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
I was concerned that the pitting was too bad to safely shoot the gun. Thankfully, it's actually fairly minor and should not have any negative impact on the gun.