This to me illustrates how much hand fitting was required not only of the wood to metal fit but also of the inner workings of the action too. They are pieces of functional art
What happened to this Winchester was a shame, but it also became part of it's rich history. Your approach to the repair was tasteful, very competent and most of all, maintained the spirit of that history. Very impressive work done by a real craftsman. Cheers!!
Very high quality work and very informative. A hobbyist like myself love these kinds of videos. You get to it and explain what and why you do what you do. Glad I found your channel!
As a cabinetmaker and restorer of period antique furniture for many years with some guns and rifles along the way, I say Lovely work, Lovely music and Kind Thanks! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
@@SixRoundsStudio Your work certainly deserves it! And I’ve always felt very fortunate to be able to work with my hands and make or fix or restore things. Old firearms are amazing works of art. And the art in making the early guns and rifles I appreciate very much. I’m subscribed so I’ll be looking forward. I restored a rusty old 1829 Army issue 69 cal. Musket by N. Starr and Sun Middleton Conn. it was flint lock originally but converted to percussion by the military. It was an 1814 model all stamped US. Everything is there ram rod and bayonet. I restored it for a good friend who’s mother found it in a closet of an old house being torn down by her father in Delaware over 90 years ago. Well I wound up buying it sometime after I was paid for restoring this piece. I really want to fire it on day but still I need to clean out the barrel, as it’s rusty. Not terribly so and I’d start with a half charge, 35 grains. A former Navy Seal gunsmith looked it over and recommended a half charge first, said he wouldn’t be at all afraid to fire it. So one day I shall. It’s 6ft.2” with the bayonet. Lugging that thing around with a heavy pack? Our ancestors were part oxen i swear! I know you can appreciate such a piece. The barrel was bent a bit but it straightened out using the wooden vice on my old workbench with some wooden wedges and a few turns. I did a good deal of research about the piece first. The gov. Ordered 10,500 guns from 5 manufactures for $14.50 each. Harpers Ferry was another one of the five. Well,quite a few lines when I figured I’d just mention it. So keep on keepin on and I’m a fan! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania Thanks again.
Great job on that badly broken stock. I liked the way that you blended the finish around the repair to essentially hide it without having to refinish the entire stock. That is something which I am trying to learn myself. I buy lots of guns from auction houses and you never know what you will get until they show up with a few being damaged such as the stock on this rifle. Dealing with the shippers on damaged firearms is never easy even with them being "fully insured" as the carriers will not give up their money easily even with lots of photos of the exterior of the box and the damaged firearm. One trick I have learned in shipping out firearms which cannot be broken down into components is to make the shipping box as stiff as possible. The longer rifle boxes getting flexed or even bent during shipping puts a lot of stress on the stocks in the tang and/or grip areas. The double walled boxes are great but expensive but even placing long, stiff pieces of cardboard or other materials inside of the box helps a lot.
I have now started to use the new adhesives that set quickly by UV light instead of super glue as a surface filler. Also on all my repairs but not necessarily firearm stocks, I use glued wooden dowels as an extra (belt & braces) strengthening for the joint. Another marvellous adhesive is the modern two pack that wooden aircraft builders use. In England it is called "Aerodux" and if it is strong enough to hold a wing main spar scarf joint together when pulling 2g to 3g out of a dive it is good enough for a rifle stock. I have done it and proved it.
Yes to all that you said. The choice not to use a dowel had more to do with the nature of the break, the amount of wetted glue (epoxy) surface , the light caliber of the gun, and the amount of original good recoil surface remaining. The break was in the worst possible location and adding a dowel would have been a challenge, though not impossible. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
@@SixRoundsStudio - There are many good, informative videos out there that have no sound. Regardless of how good they are, some of them can put me to sleep. Keep the music.
Thank you! Great video. I'm kind of lucky I guess since I'm a guy that everyone brings a box of parts to to reassemble when "they've" taken an item apart and can't get it back in working order again. For as long as I can remember I've always taken everything I have apart when brand new just to see how it works....so I've learned from the start as I take things apart I make sure parts & springs don't go "boooiiinnnggg!"and fly across the room. An 1886 Winchester is one of my favorite lever action rifles. So once again, thank you for sharing the experience you've gained in disassembling and reassembling your beautiful Miruko-Winchester 1886 Short Rifle.
@@SixRoundsStudio sorry, I have (2) 1892's and I've had both apart (both Miroku). I saw a video of an 1886 Winchester previous to yours and had that stuck in my head. My bad.
I used to build model RC planes. And if you ever done that you know you will end up with oil soaked balsa woods and other woods. And no glues will work in that situation. But I used K2R spot remover to soak up the oils out of the wood. Some times you had to apply that K24 many many times before the wood would be stripped of the oils. But it worked amazingly to allow repairs. Just an idea for future repairs... Thumbs Up!
Great video, lots of helpful content. I've got repairs I need to make on the buttstock of an older bolt gun and you've given me lots to work with. Thanks for sharing.
Petry - As a retired accountant I find tedious things to e enjoyable and relaxing. Now I know what to do with an old Marlin pump .22 that a previous owner butchered the repair on. Thank you.
I always felt like there’s no need to hide the repair unless it’s a museum quality gun or something like that. I buy my guns as shooters so when I have to repair a break I just mix the epoxy with similar stain and clean up whatever extra spilled out and call it a day. Great video for someone who wants to hide the break though it looks almost perfect
Nice repair, however I would always add pins (or screws) into a stock break, if only to increase the surface area of the adhesive joint.. I tend to use knurled stainless steel pins buried out of sight across the line of the break.. You are probably ok with a .22, but you don't want a stock folding on you with a full bore! You need to be careful mixing epoxy and cyano acetate glues on the same break.. they can sometimes react!
Thank you for the comment and your suggestions. I would be very interested in understanding the science behind you concern regarding mixing epoxy and cyano acetate. Could you point me toward some information.
I'm sick to my stomach for this guy ! WOW ! BUT ! First let me say ! Outstanding craftsmanship and patience ! Nicely done ! Absolutely Remarkable WORK! The only thing I could of done when I received my nicely preserved 1892 rifle in that condition! Would have been to PUKE ! Then been on the phone to the auction company and then to delivery company ! 3rd call to my lawyer ! 4th call to u ! Somebody would have been paying for there negligence and irresponsibility of the duties when shipping ! MAYBE a couple of fragile tape tags ! WOW ! WHAT A NIGHTMARE !
Wow...thank you for the comment Jack. I am not sure what the total contacts the owner made after receiving the package was but I am pretty sure I was not the first. This was a heartbreaking discovery for him.
@@SixRoundsStudio I won the bid on a Ducks Unlimited Browning A5 #1501 of 3000 ! I was a complete nervous wreck until it arrived ! I was fortunate the gun that I was bidding on , came with a Ducks Unlimited hard case! That i didn't now about ! When it arrived and opened the box I was so relieved ! Opened and it was completely as described on the description on the bidding site !
@@jackmyers6040 We receive so many firearms down at the retail shop. Some are packaged like Fort Knox's while others you wonder how they even survived the trip.
its great to see you repairing the gun stock rather than making a new one . preserving the past is important . i know nothing about guns as such but wood i do know about and making and repairing or restoring things is what i have done all my life so next time may i suggest you try shaping a larger piece of wood THEN cutting the piece you need off !! trying to shape a tiny piece is silly . there is nothing to hold on to !! watching as you struggled to hold the tiny bit of wood against the belt sander made me stop the video .
Christopher, Thank you for watching and thank you for your comments and ideas. I do wish you would have watched the whole video though. Please consider subscribing and watching more.
Yeah me too. I shipped it back in a box. We did talk when he got it and he was very ..Made me happy...it is why I do what I do. Thank you for commenting
Thank you David for taking the time to comment. I have had several folks make reference to the music in this video. I will have to be more attentive to the volume in editing.
So... I found a nice 38wcf 1892 made in 1910. Full octagon 24" barrel, full length mag tube, rifle configuration. The finish is still good. However, the front sight is busted, rear sight is snapped off, firing pin is snapped in two, someone carved their initials in the stock, there's a piece of wood missing in the forestock though it's still solid and functional, and the rifling is not all there. I plan on replacing the sights and firing pin. I also plan on relining the barrel. Not much collector value I would assume, so relining the barrel should just make it more functional without "destroying" it. Right?
Well...everything affects value. So perhaps the question is what value do you give priority to? Its value as a "collector" or its value to you as a tool. Obviously to have both values working at the same time is what everyone would like.....but sometimes the more pristine or rare something is the more we hate to use it. If you are convinced that the rifling is unusable, but you want to "use" the rifle, then having it repaired might be necessary. Restorers and collectors always use the line-in-the-sand starting point that it "is only original once" when we evaluate how work is performed. Always maintaining as much of what is original is our goal. But even doing a restoration affects value....no mater how good or bad it is done.
@@SixRoundsStudio I will go on with the relining. It will be what car people consider a "sleeper". Everything has some sort of problem except the finish and action. What drew me to it was the finish, caliber (I love .40 caliber), age, and the price. Use of modern sights, powder, projectiles, and much much better rifling will make this beauty work wonderfully. The guy at the pawn shop said it's original bluing but it just looks too nice to me to have all the other problems. Anyway I got it for a relatively fair price and rolling my own cartridges should start at 60¢ a pop. Not too bad. Who would you send it to to reline if not yourself? I'm thinking John Taylor. That'll be another $400. Are you capable of such a task?
@@jeramyw Any qualified gunsmith should be able to give you an analysis and estimate for price. I am not familiar with John Taylor so I would look for references. We used to do that work...but my dad is now nearly 94 years old and my expertise is with the wood (though I have watched my dad do this and more), so we wont be able to do it for you. I have another video up that talks about "restomoding" an old Winchester and the reasons I chose to take that approach. Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/EsVHoeI45_E/w-d-xo.html
@@SixRoundsStudio I've looked around on Google and he seems to be one of the go-to guys. Even my local gun store said they'd send it to him. Have you seen Mark Novak on TH-cam? He does great work and I learned about conservation vs restoration and such from him.
Fine work done 👌 I have almost the Exact job to be done in Que at SPEARS TACTICAL, but mine is a bit more exploded, Not as valuable as this one you did...So Acraglass will likely be heavily used. Good work! 👍
I'm not the expert on firearms but i think nobody to this day made rifle that can beat winchester rifles to this day in durability,quality but for precision very few can compete. There are copies of winchester rifles such as tigre or rossi but truth is you can't beat original.
Nino, Thank you for your comment! I have done work on Winchesters manufactured over a hundred years ago and each continues to function like the day they were manufactured. These were all well built, robust firearms from a period in history when tools and machines were very basic and men and women were the brains and craft of each firearms construction.
I also for some reason think that inspiration for winchesters lever action repeating system came from revolvers revolving system except it was designed for rifles. Loading mechanism is incredibly precise and only revolvers have similar equaly precise reloading mechanism i never heard anybody claiming that winchesters ever jammed during reloading. I might be wrong but that's what i think it is.
Ahhh. How satisfying that the ol' 92 lives on. And thank you for your old school eyes and hands.
Thank you Rust E
This to me illustrates how much hand fitting was required not only of the wood to metal fit but also of the inner workings of the action too. They are pieces of functional art
Yes...and imagine all this was done at the turn of the last century. With rudimentary machines and processes. Thanks for the comment and observation.
What happened to this Winchester was a shame, but it also became part of it's rich history. Your approach to the repair was tasteful, very competent and most of all, maintained the spirit of that history. Very impressive work done by a real craftsman. Cheers!!
Thank you Dave Where we can we always try to respect the guns story.
Outstanding !! Excellent repair Bill. I enjoy so much watching talented craftsmen.
Thank you East! Thank you also for being here
Very high quality work and very informative. A hobbyist like myself love these kinds of videos. You get to it and explain what and why you do what you do. Glad I found your channel!
Thank you. I have been doing this stuff, and teaching for a very long time, and I hope the results are rewarding for the viewers. Hope you subscribe.
Excellent work Bill! Both in terms of the stock repair and the video production. Very informative and enjoyable to watch.
Thanks Mark...Im not sure which is harder...the restorations or the film making
As a cabinetmaker and restorer of period antique furniture for many years with some guns and rifles along the way, I say Lovely work, Lovely music and Kind Thanks! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Wow....thank you DaveyJO. Always great to be complemented by a peer!
@@SixRoundsStudio Your work certainly deserves it! And I’ve always felt very fortunate to be able to work with my hands and make or fix or restore things. Old firearms are amazing works of art. And the art in making the early guns and rifles I appreciate very much. I’m subscribed so I’ll be looking forward. I restored a rusty old 1829 Army issue 69 cal. Musket by N. Starr and Sun Middleton Conn. it was flint lock originally but converted to percussion by the military. It was an 1814 model all stamped US. Everything is there ram rod and bayonet. I restored it for a good friend who’s mother found it in a closet of an old house being torn down by her father in Delaware over 90 years ago. Well I wound up buying it sometime after I was paid for restoring this piece. I really want to fire it on day but still I need to clean out the barrel, as it’s rusty. Not terribly so and I’d start with a half charge, 35 grains. A former Navy Seal gunsmith looked it over and recommended a half charge first, said he wouldn’t be at all afraid to fire it. So one day I shall. It’s 6ft.2” with the bayonet. Lugging that thing around with a heavy pack? Our ancestors were part oxen i swear! I know you can appreciate such a piece. The barrel was bent a bit but it straightened out using the wooden vice on my old workbench with some wooden wedges and a few turns. I did a good deal of research about the piece first. The gov. Ordered 10,500 guns from 5 manufactures for $14.50 each. Harpers Ferry was another one of the five. Well,quite a few lines when I figured I’d just mention it. So keep on keepin on and I’m a fan! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Thanks again.
A true Professional!
Thank you Jack
I love to see an artist at work. Just an outstanding repair, museum professional quality.
Thank you very much Donald! Thank you for taking time to comment.
Nice repair, I really like the finish color on the stock.
Thank you. Much appreciated.
Fantastic job
Thank you John.
Great job on that badly broken stock. I liked the way that you blended the finish around the repair to essentially hide it without having to refinish the entire stock. That is something which I am trying to learn myself. I buy lots of guns from auction houses and you never know what you will get until they show up with a few being damaged such as the stock on this rifle. Dealing with the shippers on damaged firearms is never easy even with them being "fully insured" as the carriers will not give up their money easily even with lots of photos of the exterior of the box and the damaged firearm. One trick I have learned in shipping out firearms which cannot be broken down into components is to make the shipping box as stiff as possible. The longer rifle boxes getting flexed or even bent during shipping puts a lot of stress on the stocks in the tang and/or grip areas. The double walled boxes are great but expensive but even placing long, stiff pieces of cardboard or other materials inside of the box helps a lot.
Great comment and advice
Thank you sir. This video is one of the most informative and well edited wood stock repairs I’ve watched.
Thank you Alex. I really appreciate the comment and the complement.
Very impressive craftsmanship, I could not have imagined how good that repair would turn out I'm sure your client was very pleased
Thank you Gene. He was, and has commented several times on the channel.
Nice job! Pretty sure you made that owner a very happy man.
Yes sir...that was my hope! Thank you for watching and commenting.
Awesome work very inspiring
Thank you so much!
I have now started to use the new adhesives that set quickly by UV light instead of super glue as a surface filler. Also on all my repairs but not necessarily firearm stocks, I use glued wooden dowels as an extra (belt & braces) strengthening for the joint. Another marvellous adhesive is the modern two pack that wooden aircraft builders use. In England it is called "Aerodux" and if it is strong enough to hold a wing main spar scarf joint together when pulling 2g to 3g out of a dive it is good enough for a rifle stock. I have done it and proved it.
Yes to all that you said. The choice not to use a dowel had more to do with the nature of the break, the amount of wetted glue (epoxy) surface , the light caliber of the gun, and the amount of original good recoil surface remaining. The break was in the worst possible location and adding a dowel would have been a challenge, though not impossible. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Excellent repair. Not trying to trick anyone about there not having been a break. Sympathetic to the age and condition of the gun overall.
Thanks for the comment. Yep that is my basic philosophy of restorations.
My goodness what great work and results!
Thank you very much!
You sure have a good eye for detail and excellent skills. I really enjoyed that, thank you.
Thank you very much! And thank you for the comment
Always nice to see a true craftsmanship restore what otherwise looked unrestorable without just replacing the butt stock.
Thank you for the comment and complement. Always give it the best try....
@@SixRoundsStudio. BTW, I don't find the background music offensive. Funny people watch movies with background music which richen the performance.
@@kennethhowell1272 People.....
Some of the best craftsmanship I have ever seen. Great job, a remarkable repair.
Wow, thanks! And thanks for the comment!
@@SixRoundsStudioI wasn't blowing smoke, you are good at it. Enjoyed your video.
@@waynegilchrist1596 Appreciate!
Great video. I learned a lot from this repair. I do a lot of repair/restorations so I appreciate your patience and technique. I loved the music too!
Thank you for the comment and complement. And you are one of the first to complement the music also (the music seems to have a love/hate reaction)....
@@SixRoundsStudio - There are many good, informative videos out there that have no sound. Regardless of how good they are, some of them can put me to sleep. Keep the music.
@@arrlmember Thank you
Thank you! Great video. I'm kind of lucky I guess since I'm a guy that everyone brings a box of parts to to reassemble when "they've" taken an item apart and can't get it back in working order again.
For as long as I can remember I've always taken everything I have apart when brand new just to see how it works....so I've learned from the start as I take things apart I make sure parts & springs don't go "boooiiinnnggg!"and fly across the room.
An 1886 Winchester is one of my favorite lever action rifles. So once again, thank you for sharing the experience you've gained in disassembling and reassembling your beautiful Miruko-Winchester 1886 Short Rifle.
Thank you David. I have a lot or respect for the smiths that can work from a pile of unidentified parts. By the way....this is a real Winchester 1892.
@@SixRoundsStudio sorry, I have (2) 1892's and I've had both apart (both Miroku).
I saw a video of an 1886 Winchester previous to yours and had that stuck in my head. My bad.
Truly outstanding repair and restore. You can't even tell it was broken.
Thank you for the comment. That was what we hoped for when we started the project. Turned out really nice.
Meticulous, careful, and thoughtful craftsmanship, beautiful job !!!
Thank you Michael...and thank you for commenting.
I used to build model RC planes. And if you ever done that you know you will end up with oil soaked balsa woods and other woods. And no glues will work in that situation. But I used K2R spot remover to soak up the oils out of the wood. Some times you had to apply that K24 many many times before the wood would be stripped of the oils. But it worked amazingly to allow repairs. Just an idea for future repairs... Thumbs Up!
Gary, thank you for the comment and the suggestion. I will look the stuff up.
You are a real craftsman.
Thank you so much!
Comforting to see such great craftsmanship, thumbs up from Denmark 🙂
Well thank you...and welcome to the channel!
Fascinating craftsmanship.
Thank you
Very well done almost impervious to notice if the person hadn't seen the damaged area they wouldnt even think it had been broken.
Thank you Shane. Was my goal
Great video, lots of helpful content. I've got repairs I need to make on the buttstock of an older bolt gun and you've given me lots to work with. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure!
Beautiful. You make it (almost) look easy. Nice work!
Thank you for the comment.
Excellent job. You are very skilled. It inspires me to finish my workshop.
Thank you. Everything is one step at a time. Hope you get that workshop done. Brings me hours of joy to be in mine.
What a wonderful job on this rifle.
Thank you. Really appreciate the comment and the complement
Awesome job
Appreciate it Mark!
Mighty fine tree butchery iff'in I do say so myself! Great work!
Thank you and thank you for the comment
Great work
Thank you
Great repair! Man, I’d be so mad if a gun that old showed up broken like that.
He was. Thank you for the comment
Be positive. Don't be mad, be inspired to repair it.
Turned out pretty nice for being repaired.
Thank you
Damn. That was very good. 👍
Thank you Greg. We love what we do
Very well done! Personally I find this kinda tedious work enjoyable and relaxing. Takes your mind off of things for a little while 👌🏼. God Bless 🙏🏼
They say that an artist/craftsman escapes into the work and time is suspended. I think I agree. Thank you for the comment.
Petry - As a retired accountant I find tedious things to e enjoyable and relaxing. Now I know what to do with an old Marlin pump .22 that a previous owner butchered the repair on. Thank you.
arrlmember awesome! Let me know how it goes!
In an odd sort of way, that may have been a blessing in disguise, it showed a hidden break that needed attention...
That was a very well - done repair, and video! But I'm glad I don't need to do it on my own original '92. First year of production!!
Thank you Karl
Krásná práce,gratuluji!!!
Nice job
great job, real craftmanship.....
Thank you!!
Nice job really nice
Thank you Robert!
Right on . I just redone a 22 imp and had to remake some of the metal slide pieces
Thanks for the comment Joseph! Always the best trying to maintain and keep these things running.
Amazing work!
Thanks Jeff
Very informative even for a 50 year woodworker. Thank you
Great video but lose or turn down the music more when you are talking. I had trouble hearing your descriptions. Again, GREAT video!
Thank you for the comment. I am learning so appreciate your positive feedback. Much more constructive than some have been.
Beautiful Work !
Thank you!
Amazing skills
Thank You!
Very nice work. Good learning experience.
Many thanks
Very nicely done....
Thank you very much!
Very nice!
Thank you! Appreciate you watching and commenting!!
I’m really impressed with your work! You made it look easy but I know that the details are why you are an expert.
Thanks Gregg. Expert....hmmmm? Just lots of years to make lots of mistakes to learn from.
Fantastic work!
Thanks a lot!
Absolutely beautiful work
Thank you very much!
Excellent work , real nicely finished job .
Thank you very much!
I always felt like there’s no need to hide the repair unless it’s a museum quality gun or something like that. I buy my guns as shooters so when I have to repair a break I just mix the epoxy with similar stain and clean up whatever extra spilled out and call it a day. Great video for someone who wants to hide the break though it looks almost perfect
Thank you Mike... It is what the customer wanted.
Well done
Thank you
The stock, the tools and the hhands made this video. The music was definitely a didistraction.
Yep...its been said. Hope you get a chance to watch my other, recent, videos.
@@SixRoundsStudio Will do. Thanks!
Excellent job!
Thank you very much!
You sir! I vote for you as president!
Well thank you...but Im not sleepy or boorish enough
Nice repair, however I would always add pins (or screws) into a stock break, if only to increase the surface area of the adhesive joint.. I tend to use knurled stainless steel pins buried out of sight across the line of the break.. You are probably ok with a .22, but you don't want a stock folding on you with a full bore! You need to be careful mixing epoxy and cyano acetate glues on the same break.. they can sometimes react!
Thank you for the comment and your suggestions. I would be very interested in understanding the science behind you concern regarding mixing epoxy and cyano acetate. Could you point me toward some information.
Nicely done!
Thanks! Appreciate you taking the time to comment
Great job. Enjoyed watching your skill.
Thank you Vincent. Appreciate the comment
WEL DUNN THANK YOU !
Thank you...and your welcome.
Nice video and nice job on the stock! Your customer outta be very happy! #craftsmanship
Thank you Patrick!
I'm sick to my stomach for this guy ! WOW !
BUT ! First let me say ! Outstanding craftsmanship and patience ! Nicely done ! Absolutely Remarkable WORK!
The only thing I could of done when I received my nicely preserved 1892 rifle in that condition! Would have been to PUKE ! Then been on the phone to the auction company and then to delivery company ! 3rd call to my lawyer ! 4th call to u ! Somebody would have been paying for there negligence and irresponsibility of the duties when shipping ! MAYBE a couple of fragile tape tags ! WOW ! WHAT A NIGHTMARE !
Wow...thank you for the comment Jack. I am not sure what the total contacts the owner made after receiving the package was but I am pretty sure I was not the first. This was a heartbreaking discovery for him.
@@SixRoundsStudio I won the bid on a Ducks Unlimited Browning A5 #1501 of 3000 ! I was a complete nervous wreck until it arrived ! I was fortunate the gun that I was bidding on , came with a Ducks Unlimited hard case! That i didn't now about ! When it arrived and opened the box I was so relieved ! Opened and it was completely as described on the description on the bidding site !
@@jackmyers6040 We receive so many firearms down at the retail shop. Some are packaged like Fort Knox's while others you wonder how they even survived the trip.
@@SixRoundsStudio Please don't say things like ! Makes my stomach queasy !
A real craftsman thank you.
Thank you Blaine. I appreciate the comment!
Beautiful work
Thank you very much!
its great to see you repairing the gun stock rather than making a new one . preserving the past is important . i know nothing about guns as such but wood i do know about and making and repairing or restoring things is what i have done all my life so next time may i suggest you try shaping a larger piece of wood THEN cutting the piece you need off !! trying to shape a tiny piece is silly . there is nothing to hold on to !! watching as you struggled to hold the tiny bit of wood against the belt sander made me stop the video .
Christopher, Thank you for watching and thank you for your comments and ideas. I do wish you would have watched the whole video though. Please consider subscribing and watching more.
Superb work! Wish I could see the owners reaction.
Yeah me too. I shipped it back in a box. We did talk when he got it and he was very ..Made me happy...it is why I do what I do. Thank you for commenting
Nicely done.
Thank you! And thank you for commenting.
Master craftsman
Thank you Clayton!
very good repair well done
Thank you. We enjoy the work.
Looks great Bill.
Thanks Dave.
SixRounds Studio You earned all the accolades. Your work is superb!
Great video and repair job
Thank you for the comment
I've learnt that small superficial holes along the surface of the wood can increase the bond.
Yes...it allows for more surface area for the glue/epoxy and gives the epoxy some ability to resist sheer.
Not bad, bit patchy, but not bad👍
Craftmanship!
Thank you
Impressive! Nice work!
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Great work...
Thanks a lot and thank you for taking the time to comment
Master Craftsman. Good job - Robert USMC Chi Lai '69-70
Thank you! Thank you for you service! Never forget.
Loved your video and repair job you did, even the background music but its volume gets overwhelming! Thanks
Thank you David for taking the time to comment. I have had several folks make reference to the music in this video. I will have to be more attentive to the volume in editing.
@@SixRoundsStudio I subscribed and look forward to your next video.
@@davidschwartz5127 Thank you!!
Nice work
Thanks. Appreciate the comment
Nice work!
Thank you Scott for commenting.
Un artista!!!! Felicitaciones por el trabajo!!!
Much Better. Thanks.
You bet
So... I found a nice 38wcf 1892 made in 1910. Full octagon 24" barrel, full length mag tube, rifle configuration. The finish is still good. However, the front sight is busted, rear sight is snapped off, firing pin is snapped in two, someone carved their initials in the stock, there's a piece of wood missing in the forestock though it's still solid and functional, and the rifling is not all there. I plan on replacing the sights and firing pin. I also plan on relining the barrel. Not much collector value I would assume, so relining the barrel should just make it more functional without "destroying" it. Right?
Well...everything affects value. So perhaps the question is what value do you give priority to? Its value as a "collector" or its value to you as a tool. Obviously to have both values working at the same time is what everyone would like.....but sometimes the more pristine or rare something is the more we hate to use it. If you are convinced that the rifling is unusable, but you want to "use" the rifle, then having it repaired might be necessary. Restorers and collectors always use the line-in-the-sand starting point that it "is only original once" when we evaluate how work is performed. Always maintaining as much of what is original is our goal. But even doing a restoration affects value....no mater how good or bad it is done.
@@SixRoundsStudio I will go on with the relining. It will be what car people consider a "sleeper". Everything has some sort of problem except the finish and action. What drew me to it was the finish, caliber (I love .40 caliber), age, and the price. Use of modern sights, powder, projectiles, and much much better rifling will make this beauty work wonderfully. The guy at the pawn shop said it's original bluing but it just looks too nice to me to have all the other problems. Anyway I got it for a relatively fair price and rolling my own cartridges should start at 60¢ a pop. Not too bad. Who would you send it to to reline if not yourself? I'm thinking John Taylor. That'll be another $400. Are you capable of such a task?
@@SixRoundsStudio You did a wonderful job. I can't even tell that it's been repaired. The line blends in well.
@@jeramyw Any qualified gunsmith should be able to give you an analysis and estimate for price. I am not familiar with John Taylor so I would look for references. We used to do that work...but my dad is now nearly 94 years old and my expertise is with the wood (though I have watched my dad do this and more), so we wont be able to do it for you. I have another video up that talks about "restomoding" an old Winchester and the reasons I chose to take that approach. Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/EsVHoeI45_E/w-d-xo.html
@@SixRoundsStudio I've looked around on Google and he seems to be one of the go-to guys. Even my local gun store said they'd send it to him. Have you seen Mark Novak on TH-cam? He does great work and I learned about conservation vs restoration and such from him.
juoss... mantaab,, i have BSA lincoln jeffries 1906 broken too...
Thanks. Used the patient super glue method to hide a crack in a guitar neck.
It is amazing stuff. I've used it in my own guitar work. Thank you for the comment.
Fine work done 👌 I have almost the Exact job to be done in Que at SPEARS TACTICAL, but mine is a bit more exploded, Not as valuable as this one you did...So Acraglass will likely be heavily used.
Good work! 👍
Thank you for the comment.
You are a master
Thank you for watching and commenting...much appreciated
I'm not the expert on firearms but i think nobody to this day made rifle that can beat winchester rifles to this day in durability,quality but for precision very few can compete. There are copies of winchester rifles such as tigre or rossi but truth is you can't beat original.
Nino, Thank you for your comment! I have done work on Winchesters manufactured over a hundred years ago and each continues to
function like the day they were manufactured. These were all well built, robust firearms from a period in history when tools and machines were very basic and men and women were the brains and craft of each firearms construction.
I also for some reason think that inspiration for winchesters lever action repeating system came from revolvers revolving system except it was designed for rifles. Loading mechanism is incredibly precise and only revolvers have similar equaly precise reloading mechanism i never heard anybody claiming that winchesters ever jammed during reloading. I might be wrong but that's what i think it is.
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Thank You!
Very Good!
Glad you think so! Appreciate the comment.
This is amazing, also has anyone said you look like the gun version of Chris Hadfield?
Thank you...and do you mean the astronaut?
Yes!@@SixRoundsStudio