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I stopped off at one of my local gun shops to pick up a gun and while I was there the owner told me that he had two 22 rifles with problems and wanted to know If I wanted to buy them as is.
One looked like a Winchester 62 that had it's barrel cut shorter and the crown was flat. The front sight dovetail looked recut, but not that good of a job was done. It looked like someone used a wire wheel to remove some rust and most of the finish. Other then that the little gun functioned and had no cracks in the stocks.
He said he would let my have it for what he had tied up in the little gun, which was under $200. I told him that I would have to think about it.
Know I have more project guns then one person should have in a lifetime, but I started thinking, this one could be fun. The little gun has no collector's value other then some parts.
I could picture a 62/97 made from this little gun. I know that some of you are thinking, what the hell is a 62/97
That would be a Winchester 62 made to look like a Winchester 1897 Trench shotgun. How cool would that be?
I could do a parkerize finish on the metal, oil finish on the stocks. I could then modify an old bayonet to fit on the rifle and have a friend make me a vented barrel shroud. It would be a cool little rifle when done.
Well this is what I get when I don't put on my reading glasses when looking at guns.
It a 1906, not a 62.
The bore was a little rusty and the action was full of crud. The bore cleaned up good and the little thing shoots great.
One looked like a Winchester 62 that had it's barrel cut shorter and the crown was flat. The front sight dovetail looked recut, but not that good of a job was done. It looked like someone used a wire wheel to remove some rust and most of the finish. Other then that the little gun functioned and had no cracks in the stocks.
He said he would let my have it for what he had tied up in the little gun, which was under $200. I told him that I would have to think about it.
Know I have more project guns then one person should have in a lifetime, but I started thinking, this one could be fun. The little gun has no collector's value other then some parts.
I could picture a 62/97 made from this little gun. I know that some of you are thinking, what the hell is a 62/97
That would be a Winchester 62 made to look like a Winchester 1897 Trench shotgun. How cool would that be?
I could do a parkerize finish on the metal, oil finish on the stocks. I could then modify an old bayonet to fit on the rifle and have a friend make me a vented barrel shroud. It would be a cool little rifle when done.
Well this is what I get when I don't put on my reading glasses when looking at guns.
It a 1906, not a 62.
The bore was a little rusty and the action was full of crud. The bore cleaned up good and the little thing shoots great.
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