A fairly competent gunsmith restored it for me at a fair price, with the ONLY problem being the only loading tube he could obtain is cut for.
I could easily refit the wood to my Rossi 62A. So is it really worth the time and effort to get it shooting? I would do the work reline and all. I am sure it's far from a collecters item now, but could make a good shooter with a reline and a little tlc.Īlso was thinking on converting it to 22lr, drill out the carrier to the correct length, I noticed this one does not have a carriage? stop. Other than the abuse it seems like a solid gun. The bore is a sewer pipe with a slight buldge (you have to look real close to see it) close to the last dovetail for the mag tube. It is missing some pins and small parts, checked online for replacements and there available. Seems to function like it should although the bolt and receiver are choked full of gunk and the bolts awful stiff.
Yep, it looks like many many years ago it was a put together for what ever reason? Judging by the miss matched serial numbers, the receiver was made in 1910 and the back half was made in 1911. Picked up a beat winchester 1890 in 22 short at the gun show over the weekend.
