dartarien01
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My goal is to restore this gun to prime shooting condition, not to sell.
Story:
I was given a model 1906 (mine was made in 1908) about a year ago. When I first received it I did a basic cleaning on it with solvent and I lubricated the whole gun to prevent further rust. My friend lightly took it to a wire wheel to it to get most of the rust off. My goal is to restore the gun. I do not plan to sell it ever, and honestly it probably cannot be restored for very much. Previous owner found it in a closet when they bought their house, gun sat in a gunsock for likely 50+ years. It had no butt stock when it was found and had light and shallow rust over most of the gun.
Condition of the Gun:
The gun cycle is not fired, meaning if I just pump it and do not pull the trigger it will cycle every single round. The barrel clearly states it is for both .22 short as well as LR. Now if I fire a round the extractor will not extract the case and it has to be pried out with a knife or something similar. The gun has mismatched screws, the wood is in okay condition. I just did a complete strip of the gun and plan to deep clean all of the parts.
What I need from this community:
First step is to make a functioning gun, who cares if it looks pretty if it doesn't work right? Second step is to clean the gun as properly as possible. I do pay attention to detail and am willing to spend maybe around $200 on parts and supplies. I need to clean the rust off, lubricate I assume everything metal. I would like to re-blue the barrel, maybe touch up the wood? I want to restore this gun to the best of my ability while doing all of the work myself.
TLDR: I need advice for how to get the gun functioning as well as restore it as properly as I can without taking it to someone.
Pictures:
Included are pictures of the condition of the wood (the pump has no coating that I'm aware of but the stock does), the condition of the barrel where my friend used the wire wheel as well as the part that was covered by the mag tube (to show the condition the whole barrel was in before he cleaned it up), and a picture of how disassembled it is (all screws and pins have been taken out except 2 pins).
Story:
I was given a model 1906 (mine was made in 1908) about a year ago. When I first received it I did a basic cleaning on it with solvent and I lubricated the whole gun to prevent further rust. My friend lightly took it to a wire wheel to it to get most of the rust off. My goal is to restore the gun. I do not plan to sell it ever, and honestly it probably cannot be restored for very much. Previous owner found it in a closet when they bought their house, gun sat in a gunsock for likely 50+ years. It had no butt stock when it was found and had light and shallow rust over most of the gun.
Condition of the Gun:
The gun cycle is not fired, meaning if I just pump it and do not pull the trigger it will cycle every single round. The barrel clearly states it is for both .22 short as well as LR. Now if I fire a round the extractor will not extract the case and it has to be pried out with a knife or something similar. The gun has mismatched screws, the wood is in okay condition. I just did a complete strip of the gun and plan to deep clean all of the parts.
What I need from this community:
First step is to make a functioning gun, who cares if it looks pretty if it doesn't work right? Second step is to clean the gun as properly as possible. I do pay attention to detail and am willing to spend maybe around $200 on parts and supplies. I need to clean the rust off, lubricate I assume everything metal. I would like to re-blue the barrel, maybe touch up the wood? I want to restore this gun to the best of my ability while doing all of the work myself.
TLDR: I need advice for how to get the gun functioning as well as restore it as properly as I can without taking it to someone.
Pictures:
Included are pictures of the condition of the wood (the pump has no coating that I'm aware of but the stock does), the condition of the barrel where my friend used the wire wheel as well as the part that was covered by the mag tube (to show the condition the whole barrel was in before he cleaned it up), and a picture of how disassembled it is (all screws and pins have been taken out except 2 pins).
