As I paw through the stuff I brought home from dad's, next to catch my eye is a Winchester Model 1906 .22 cal rifle. A google search for that returns quite a number of hits including a site that says this one was manufactured in 1913 (based on the serial #).
It seems to be in pretty good shape with a couple glaring exceptions. First, whatever that tube under the barrel is called has been broken and then braised to the barrel with half of it gone. Also, the barrel is loose. I can easily twist it about 1/2" either direction. I don't know much about how rifle barrels fit, so I don't know exactly what this means.
Despite this, the slide action works smoothly and seems quite tight.
I would like to look around and see if I can replace the under barrel thing (what is that called?) and have it more professionally attached. Not so much to have it professionally restored, but to make it a nice looking heirloom rifle. In all, it's a really solid feeling little rifle. I'll bet it made some kid really happy about 90 years ago.
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What do you think? Anyone got any special insight into this rifle?
It seems to be in pretty good shape with a couple glaring exceptions. First, whatever that tube under the barrel is called has been broken and then braised to the barrel with half of it gone. Also, the barrel is loose. I can easily twist it about 1/2" either direction. I don't know much about how rifle barrels fit, so I don't know exactly what this means.
Despite this, the slide action works smoothly and seems quite tight.
I would like to look around and see if I can replace the under barrel thing (what is that called?) and have it more professionally attached. Not so much to have it professionally restored, but to make it a nice looking heirloom rifle. In all, it's a really solid feeling little rifle. I'll bet it made some kid really happy about 90 years ago.
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What do you think? Anyone got any special insight into this rifle?