expat_alaska
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OP, sorry I am late to the thread.
Outstanding rebuild/refinish on your part with that Wingmaster! The blueing looks like a hot blue job in the photos, and I have used BC Super Blue on small parts with very good results, but I never imagined a whole receiver to look that good.
I noticed the quintessential late 60's or so white-line spacers on the pistol-grip cap and the buttstock/recoil pad. So much period nostalgia.
I also like the period mag extension for the short barrel. Truly Remington Police Model. Good on you.
In February 1969 my family moved to Omaha, NE and I bought a Rem 1100 12 ga. 28" mod choke for pheasant hunting. In April 1969 I got a job setting/pulling trap/skeet at Roberts' Shooting Park in Elkhorn, NE (now the site of a community college: how things have changed!). Best job I ever had insofar as the enjoyment factor at $1.50/hr. Learned to shoot skeet and very soon swapped the 1100 for an 870 12 ga. VR 26" IC choke, probably 1967 or earlier. The two best things about this 870 were the short drop at the heel (2/1/4") which allowed me to sight the entire top of the VR. It appeared to be a factory drop. Even added a trigger shoe and a center bead on the VR, per the day. The other thing (which you will probably disdain) that I liked was the plastic buttstock/fore-end finish of that period that precluded any warping of the wood. No white line spacers though.
I am 64 and I thank you for taking me back to my youth with the Wingmaster. IMO, best slide-action shotgun ever made. Easy to disassemble, clean, and repair. [My Dad would disagree profusely when he was alive that his Win Model 12 16 ga. was the best vs. the 870, and then I used his Model 12 16 ga. full choke to kill a pheasant at 60+ yards on a crossing shot while on leave from the USAF in 1972 (if you shoot skeet, think of a low-house shot from Station 4 at 3 times the range) and I'll never forget that moment. Best shot I ever made, bar none. He may have been correct...]
Take care of your new baby, sir!
Jim
Outstanding rebuild/refinish on your part with that Wingmaster! The blueing looks like a hot blue job in the photos, and I have used BC Super Blue on small parts with very good results, but I never imagined a whole receiver to look that good.
I noticed the quintessential late 60's or so white-line spacers on the pistol-grip cap and the buttstock/recoil pad. So much period nostalgia.
I also like the period mag extension for the short barrel. Truly Remington Police Model. Good on you.
In February 1969 my family moved to Omaha, NE and I bought a Rem 1100 12 ga. 28" mod choke for pheasant hunting. In April 1969 I got a job setting/pulling trap/skeet at Roberts' Shooting Park in Elkhorn, NE (now the site of a community college: how things have changed!). Best job I ever had insofar as the enjoyment factor at $1.50/hr. Learned to shoot skeet and very soon swapped the 1100 for an 870 12 ga. VR 26" IC choke, probably 1967 or earlier. The two best things about this 870 were the short drop at the heel (2/1/4") which allowed me to sight the entire top of the VR. It appeared to be a factory drop. Even added a trigger shoe and a center bead on the VR, per the day. The other thing (which you will probably disdain) that I liked was the plastic buttstock/fore-end finish of that period that precluded any warping of the wood. No white line spacers though.
I am 64 and I thank you for taking me back to my youth with the Wingmaster. IMO, best slide-action shotgun ever made. Easy to disassemble, clean, and repair. [My Dad would disagree profusely when he was alive that his Win Model 12 16 ga. was the best vs. the 870, and then I used his Model 12 16 ga. full choke to kill a pheasant at 60+ yards on a crossing shot while on leave from the USAF in 1972 (if you shoot skeet, think of a low-house shot from Station 4 at 3 times the range) and I'll never forget that moment. Best shot I ever made, bar none. He may have been correct...]
Take care of your new baby, sir!
Jim