What to do with Antique Winchester

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What should one do with old Winchester that got damaged due to water damage?
Old Model 1906 1/2 nickel/1/2 blue "expert" is damaged (butt stock, reciever rusted...bbl rusted). Toss or try to find replacement parts? Was my Grandfather's, and never had been shot or used (early 1920's)
 
Funny...this rifle has really suffered bad rust. I'm in my 70's, with nobody to give the collection to
 
Sell for parts or restore. It’s worth more than tossing in the trash.

Some pics would help anyone here know how far gone it is.
 
Wall hanger or gunbroker even if you only get 50 it’s better than nothing
 
Also you got to tell us the story!!!! Did it sit in a flooded basement for the last 100yrs
 
Boil it in distilled water, then use some 0000 steel wool on it. That is basically the same thing you do when doing a rust blue job on it. Well, that's part of the process. When you boil iron oxide (red rust), it converts it to black rust (which I don't remember the proper name of at the moment). After that, all you have to do is gently card off the fuzzy loose stuff and it is gorgeous underneath (as long as it isn't pitted too badly).

Don't send it to a buy-back! Don't throw it away!

If nothing else, post up a for-sale ad in your local paper, or gunbroker, or even here after you unlock that section of the forum.
 
I'm with hso on this one....... www.turnbullrestoration.com You could at least get a rough estimate. I don't know how bad the condition is but for something like that it may be worthwhile especially for a family heirloom. I hope it's not too far beyond saving. If Turnbull is deemed to be too expensive (they're the best) then it may still be able to be re-blued & restored by numerous other firms. I would look into all the options.
 
redneck2 said:
When you create oxygen deficient rust (Fe2O3) to converts to magnetite (Fe3O4)
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Okay, so we are adding one oxygen atom and one iron atom (I get how we're adding oxygen, but I'd have to dig out the chemistry books if I wanted to remember how we are adding iron. Obviously it is from the barrel, but I don't remember how we only add one iron atom instead of two, not that it really matters). Thanks.

And no, I don't plan on digging out the chemistry books.
 
lakeshoreliving said:
What should one do with old Winchester that got damaged due to water damage?
Old Model 1906 1/2 nickel/1/2 blue "expert" is damaged (butt stock, reciever rusted...bbl rusted). Toss or try to find replacement parts? Was my Grandfather's, and never had been shot or used (early 1920's)
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If you toss it, toss it my way. I enjoy fixing things others think are irreparable.

Check your inbox, I sent you a PM.
 
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Just looked at Numrich, there are a surprising amount of parts, stocks particularly, that are available.

https://www.gunpartscorp.com/gun-manufacturer/winchester/rifles-win/1906-win

So here is the thing, take a look at the cost of replacement parts. You can search and find costs for barrel replacement, bluing, etc. If the cost of "restoring" the firearm is more than the value of the firearm, which depends on the condition to which you restore, if the cost of restoration is more than the rifle is worth, then don't do it.

Don't go down the rat hole of sentimental value. Sentimental value is a bottomless money pit. If you have lots of money to burn, then throw money down the hole. Throw some my way if you are feeling generous. I promise you, restorations are expensive, you won't get your money back (unless Grandpa was a President or some historically famous person), your inheritors won't appreciate being given some old firearm in your will, when what they really want is cash for cigarettes, Jack Daniels, and opioids . It takes work to sell a firearm, and expensive firearms take more work to sell.
 
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