I dug out a couple of '97 Winchesters with the idea of remodeling one as a "traveling gun": short-barreled takedown.
The logical candidate for this is a well-used but solid gun, with one major problem (a bunch of minor problems, but most of these would be handled in the conversion). The slide release doesn't work. Any suggested fixes before I part it out and move on to the next candidate?
Thanks,
Jim