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I have a nice copy of this rifle made by Varner. A beautiful, well made and accurate little gun

That's the easy one, try a post 64... lol

Nice job brother

You should always use fiber wads in the old barrels.

I have a 1886 Parker Brothers in 16 gauge with beautiful engraving and wood. My family has owned it since it was new. I also play a valuable Tele. We are brothers from different mothers. I love Gruhn’s. Been there. Thanks for the video.

How durable is the finish?

What are your thoughts on using animal hide glue on a cracked gun stock. I know it is not water proof but I it is very strong. I repaired a Browning Auto 5 forearm that data grain crack in the center bottom of the forearm where it meets the receiver. I cleaned the crack with acetone and let it dry. Then on the inside of the forearm where the crack was I chiseled a 5/16 in wide notch centered on the crack. Then I warmed the stock with a hair blower preparing it for glue. Then I prepared the glue in a glue pot slightly on the thin side. I slightly opened the crack and applied the glue on the inside of the forearm in the chiseled notch. The. I sucked the glue to the outside of the crack until I had a nice bubble of glue all thur the crack. The. I put a small 5/16 piece of walnut veneer in the notch with the grain going opposite direction of the crack and lastly clamped together. Then I refinished the forearm using Behlen pre catalyzed lawyer. I used that gun to shoot skeet for several years after the repair and it held up good. I could always slightly see where the crack was but the forearm stayed together. That gun was a 1953 Light twelve. About a year ago I traded it in at Cabelas for a 1965 Light Twenty with a similar crack in the forearm. I am planning on doing a similar repair but now am wondering if epoxy is a better choice over hide glue.

Found my Grandpas 1915 #17 with sheared firing pin. Yes we all know how that happened. Good tear down but dude, Lay off the caffeine!!!! It is OK if the vid is 30 sec longer. Mine is orig so no leaf but thanks for taking the time n sharing your tear down. Scary first time but this helps a lot. Had to edit cuz excited to watch your resto vids as well on the Little Favorite!!

Good job

I had a 48 long ago. An old fellow taught me how to drill out the three dimples in the magazine tube. The dimples limit the follower from allowing more rounds. Drilling these essentially converts the 48 into a 11-48. You can even put on an extension magazine.

Ceracoat is different because it will prevent oxidation of the metal. This process has to be sealed with oil or shelac to prevent water and air from getting to the metal. Rub each finish with steel wool and you'll see another difference. It's ... decorative. I am not sure how I feel about it. I was not happy when my ruger sixguns had their "case hardening" wear off with use.

Your grin is very telling! 👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸

*YOU HAD ME AT 1911!!!*

Beautiful Atlas back there :)

Wow. Great job

How much would a job like this cost. Im interested in doing this for my silver pigeon.

Why you didn‘t seal the grain? It would look much better!

Wow, that turned out great! I just finish my first restoration a few weeks ago, on a A5 Sweet Sixteen. My cousin wanted it cold blued, so it didn't turn out as nice as yours, but it was a helluva learning experience to take an old rusty relic and make it functional again. It had to have a new stock and forearm, though, which my cousin bought and I put it on after the restoration. There's a couple small videos on my page, one of shooting it and one with "before" pics slideshow. I'll eventually get the full video edited with disassembly and assembly.

I have a ton of collectible rifles and shotguns and I hunt with them all. I'm careful with them and I don't take them in the rain ,but I love hunting with them. To me there's no use having them if you can't use them and enjoy them.

Outstanding very exciting news!👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸

VERY ANNOYING,VERY ANNOYING

I know your videos on the little Stevens Favorite helped me with mine. I'm 73 so I sure know where you're coming from. One day, one gun at a time. You get to set your own pace so don't over-extend yourself. You've already done a lot. Cheers!

I’ll be 76 in June. Been retired going on 14 years living the life here in central New York. I’ve never had so much fun working for myself gardening, fire wood, cropping hunting and shooting at my own range. To keep fit the wife and I have fitness programs. My philosophy is I’ll keep on doing till they call for me up above. I bet you are cut from that same philosophy. I really enjoy your channel and look forward to your videos. I also tinker with guns so you’re teaching me a few tricks of the trade. So I’ll keep on keeping on and bet you will too! My vote for the all guns is send them hunting in the best condition possible!

I have worked on and collected all the old Winchester auto's. I have a 03, 05, 07 & 10. The difficult part in putting them back together is the recoil spring. I found a trick some years ago on getting it back in. Use a piece of 5/16 cold role rod about 18" long and drill a 1/8 blind hole near the end of it where you will put a 1/8 pin that just stick out enough to capture the recoil spring when you place it over it. Insert the rod through the bolt, compressing the spring with the pin facing towards the bottom of the gun. I used a pair of vice grips to hold the rod after compressing it in the bolt extension. Insert back into the gun, holding the bolt all the way back into the receiver. Once you have everything lined up, remove the 1/8 pin, holding the bolt back with the spring compressed, remove the rod and insert the actual guide rod and screw it in. I have also found that ruffing up the inside of the forearms and putting a light coat of epoxi on the inside of the forearms do help strengthen them. The 07's & 10's are bad about splitting the forearms since they are so thin and having all of that reciprocating mass seems to crack them.

I agree. It should be used and loved. I do amateur gunsmithing myself and love finding old firearms that still have good bones, that have all or most all of there parts, clean them up, repair whats needed, and bring them back to life and USE THEM!

All that spinning action got me dizzy

Been wondering if you were okay, Bill. Glad to hear you've been busy!! 👍

Bill you don't look a day over thirty years old take care and I can't wait for those restorations on those guns

Love the mannlicher stock on the 44!

I will be very appreciative if you can show us how to fully disassemble the M1907 Winchester. Replacing the buffer pad and the recoil spring is not easy and requires like four hands. There aren't any good videos on it.

Glad to hear that you are teaching the youth! 👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸

Wish I could send you my .44 carbines just for an inspection and tuneup! 👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸

Mine is a full octagon barrel not half

Great video

Holy over cuts

This came out great! So much time went into this and it shows. Huge pay off! Cant wait to see more!

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I’ve been looking for someone to do the same work you did her to my Marlin Trapper 1895 stock. Hard time finding the pieces or someone to do it. How would we go about having you do some work like this? Sent you a message on Instagram

How do u restore the part with tecture on the wood without damaging the pattern?

How to restore the part with tecture, one thats under the tape

Ok well i just picked a mares leg chambered for 22 wmr soooo are you saying dont use 22 wrf ????

My goodness what great work and results!

Οτι ποιό ωραίο δώρο μοη έκανε ο πατέρας μου parker Broos 1929.Ζήτω η ΑΜΕΡΙΚΉ

what does a restoration like this cost?

GOOD

I wonder if you put a coat of varnish or something over that to help keep it from rubbing off.

Put a period Winchester Model 1922 solid pad on the gun.

Thanks for this! Very helpful, Bryce.

I guess with old guns like that the owners of the time were used to black powder and probably oiled them well, nowadays with smokeless powder and chrome barrels oiling guns isnt as big a deal. Ithaca shotguns aren't that common in Ireland, AYA and various UK guns tend to be more popular over here when it comes to side by sides, obviously the far more common over unders from Beretta, Browning and the like are the choice of most new shooters along with the semi autos. Something about these old guns, great to watch you restore this one.