110 year old Winchester 1892 goes to the range...UGH!

[rbertalotto]

I took the old girl out to the range at lunchtime today.......All the bullets except one went through the target sideways!....But I kinda knew that would happen since you could drop a bullet down the muzzle about two inches before it hit anything resembling rifling! The 38-40 liner from Brownells is on its way...

Here are a few pictures:

Not bad for a $400 rifle!

http://images116.fotki.com/v695/photos/2/36012/12368351/DSC_5525-vi.jpg

http://images115.fotki.com/v607/photos/2/36012/12368351/DSC_5540-vi.jpg

http://images115.fotki.com/v607/photos/2/36012/12368351/DSC_5530-vi.jpg

You can see where I had to fix the forend here:

http://images38.fotki.com/v231/photos/2/36012/12368351/DSC_5527-vi.jpg
A huge chunk was missing so I sanded out a wedge shape and cut a piece of walnut I had laying around...Super-Glued it in place....sanded to shape....and stained with Minwax Gun Stock Red stain.....Not bad!

Many more pictures here:
http://public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/things-that-go-bang/

www.rvbprecision.com

[TXGunNut]

Nice rifle, nice repair job! Hope the liner makes a shooter out of this old rifle, leep us posted.

[texassako]

Nice repair, I like it when the old wood is saved. I was going to mention you might try a counterbore past the worst of the muzzle belling, but the liner should fix it better than that.

[bigted]

not sure where im at when these great deals come around concerning old Winchesters. great find and am looking forward to hearing about your re-liner job and accuracy afterwards. not a bad job at all on the saving of the old wood. NICE overall and at 400 ya cant really go wrong can ya?

[rbertalotto]

The other reason for the reline is the chamber is quite pitted. I'll get a few borescope pictures to show you. It is a nice enough gun that it deserves a new bore and chamber.