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Post by Mark Terry on Sept 2, 2013 23:25:48 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure somebody here can help with this.
I acquired a 1953 Winchester 1894 in .32 Special over the weekend. It'd been involved in a house fire and the stock and forearm were damaged. Worse, it got coated with grunge from the fire, was soaked in water and apparently stayed buried for some time. When i got it, the action was frozen.
What is a good source for replacement wood?
This may end up being a wall hanger so I don't want to spend a fortune.
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Post by woody on Sept 4, 2013 7:18:43 GMT -5
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Post by mohillbilly on Sept 18, 2013 15:59:01 GMT -5
I'd get out the sand paper/steel wool and clean it up as best as I could . Then I would tie it down and fire it with a string , while I hid behind a wall of something SOLID ...
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Post by Mark Terry on Sept 22, 2013 21:16:01 GMT -5
The thing has cleaned up pretty good. The springs, except the magazine spring are good. A little Kroil, Hoppes #9, a little steel wool, and brass brushes did the job. Some of the rust took a little 1000 sand paper but all in all, I think it's good. I was pretty surprised how much of the original bluing was still in pretty good shape.
I ordered and received a semi-finished butt stock and fore-end from Gunstocks, Inc. in Bedford, Iowa. The buttstock is about where it need to be in respect to fitting the wood to metal. I still need to make sure and drill the tang hole. There is still a fair amount of work to be done to get the final dimensions right. I ordered (or they sent) the wrong forearm wood and I'll be sorting that out in the next week (the magazine hole is too small).
It'll take a while to egt it to the point to decide to shoot it or not. Right now, I don't think there would be any issues.
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Post by bluecow on Nov 28, 2013 6:38:20 GMT -5
Mark my 1937-38 32wsp m94 has been two house fires. one in the early 40's and again in 68. the butt stock is so charred that there is no place for a butt plate. my grand father gave me this gun when he quit hunting in 77. i take it hunting at least once a year, and shoot it much more. i go through this every year. " i should get new wood for this gun" i never do though. tie it to a fence post and shoot it then give it a whirl. you love the 32wsp and there is no finer luggin rifle that those old m94.
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Post by Mark Terry on Nov 28, 2013 21:10:33 GMT -5
I ended up getting both the buttstock and forearm from Gunstocks, Inc. in Bedford, Iowa (712-523-3513). The buttstock is about fitted to the receiver. The forearm needs to be sent back and swapped for the 'large caliber' version in stead of the 'small caliber' version that I ordered by mistake. Both pieces received seem to be very good quality but nothing fancy.
The project is suffering from a lack of attention (either that or being saved for cold, rainy February weekends). I'll post some pictures when it's done. Probably won't be for a while.
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