Wingmaster Wood

Shoot and enjoy it that is what wingmasters are for. Not sure what more pics will do . To me just an old vintage wingmaster with some correct higher grade remington refinished factory wood of the day on it. Cheers

edit we think alike vtl79. I didnot see your post when I was tying mine :)
 
It looks like one of Franks, he has a rather beautiful wingmaster himself that is part of his personal collection. I spent the better part of a couple hours talking to him about his work and checking out what he had on the shelf, he's a great source of information.
I gave up my search for a wingmaster but that one you have there is beautiful. Being that it was once your fathers, surely value is not measured in dollars, shoot it, enjoy it and cherish it!
 
klepper62 said:
Thanks for your help 3macs1
Happy shooting!
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No problem. Bought my 1st new wingmaster in 1965 a 16ga which I still have today and never looked back. Shot them also in 4 gun skeet sets until parobally 1972 when I went to the 1100's and now back to shooting those again about 13 years ago, love them all . Cheers
 
they are quite hard to find in decent shape at a reasonable price. I was looking earlier this year, and for $900 I was still looking at a beat up stock and almost no blue left. ended up buying a weatherby brand new instead, love it
 
I am another that says it is Frank Ryan's handiwork, Known Frank since when he had the store above his father's nursery on South Pelham right on the Welland City Limits. Franks is an excellent woodworker both gunstocks and waterfowl decoys .

edit: the original store dates to the early 60's, i'd guess Frank has to be 80 now.
 
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klepper62 said:
Thanks for your help 3macs1
Happy shooting!
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Can you do me a favor and post another pic of the stock so the full cut checkering can be properly compared against the pic I posted of factory remington. Frank may have refinished this stock but remington made it and carved it initially . It is not an uncommon pattern for those year in the higher end guns like trap versions
Not to mention back in the day carvers/ stock makers were too busy doing stocks for high end guns not standard 870's which nice stocks like yours could be had real easy and inexpensively
I have some factory remington ones here off 60's skeet 870's that were so Nice I kept them when I sold the guns
 
klepper62 said:
Thanks for the comment dave524. Did Frank make his stocks from scratch?
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Pretty sure he did both, a nicely finished Bishop or Fajen would be less $ than starting with a solid blank. He was always partial to Remington pumps, he had a beautifully stocked Rem 760 in .358 Win I beleive as his personal whitetail rifle.
 
Yep thanks for the additional pics. It sure is Remington. Regardless it is a real nice set of high end wood. Someone probally this Frank guy did a nice job restoring it but he didnot carve it
In fact if it ever comes off the gun their will be a few ID stamps from remington for any that think differently
Many don't realise the different patterns remington supplied from the factory on the 870's since back when yours was produced very few ever bought the higher end wood sets so few ever got to see them plus they changed it every couple of years
Cheers
 
While we're on the topic of Wingmaster wood.... Can anyone help identify the furniture on the top 870 pictured? It's a Wingmaster with a 12.5 I've seen floating around the internet.
I really like the fore end, but I don't think It's from a trap set. Looks more like someone cut down a factory set and refinished it.
 

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