I'm cleaning up a friends old Winchester 94 made in 1974. his gun had been neglected for a while. I coated the frame with break free. when I began removing the fine layer of rust I found the finish wipe away as well leaving the goldish silver base color that I,ve seen on several guns from this era. ...

starting from earliest to latest. Winchester 73 2nd rifle 80% patina finished. 38-40 bought for $225 sold for @$700 needed the money in the late 80's Springfield 1873 trapdoor carbine low pre custer serial # with original cleaning kit in buttstock. paid@ $250 sold for $500 again needed the money lat...

Nice Bindi! now all you need is a Dairy Queen franchise to go with it.

Sorry could not resist.

sounds like it comes off like an Ithaca 37. If this is the case, after unscrewing the knurled nut , the barrel and nut turn a quarter turn clockwise and pulls straight out.
again it has been 20 years since I,ve held a High standard and it possibly does not come apart like a 37.

Though I love the feel and aesthtics of a single action. If I have to pull a gun on an evil doer, I don,t want to be overgunned.
never bring a knife to a gun fight . and always have more ammo and training then your foe.

I think I could find a real nice pre 64 94 for $900. I thought that Henrys were reasonably priced guns.
BTW the owner Mr. Imperato passed away last month.

For the price of a new Marlin you could have bought 2 used ones.

Lets hope the primary stock holder of Cerberus is not George Soros or some of the other gun nut nazis. that would be one way of taking our guns. Monopolies are not good.

In 1982-1990 I was a teenager working in a gunshop. let's see I had a 73 Winchester made in 1900 in 38-40 90% patina finish paid $225 sold for $600 kick myself now YES I had a 1873 Springfield carbine low serial numbers with the original cleaning kit in the butt stock paid/traded $180 sold for $350 ...

Question for the gurus. If you have a rifle/pistol that has been refinished (poorly) and the serial number is barely visable is it illegal to have it restamped? what if it is obliterated and unable to discern some of the original numbers?

The blue is maybe 50% before someones attempt at cold blueing. A gunsmith @ here would charge a couple of hundred I would guess. Ruger charges $80. They charge $30 shipping but I don,t know if they charge that if your having the gun "updated".

I just got an old Ruger superblack hawk (1971) in trade. I'm thinking on sending it back to have it factory reblued. while there it will be converted to the hammer block safety. what are you guys thoughts on having the updated safety installed? And has anybody had their Ruger reblued from the factor...

Glad to see the ammo going to a good cause.
Congrats!

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I,m looking for a smaller statured scope of high quality to replace my Zeiss 3x9 that is currently on my Ruger 77 ltwt Carbine. I,m moving this scope to a Ruger 77 .280. I would prefer a used but not abused Leupold or Burris mini or something comparable. I have 4 boxes of new hot off the presses Win...