1887 Winchester

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I bought this 1887 10 ga Winchester from an estate sale, this shotgun was manufactured in 1881. I am a fan of John Browning and since this was the first lever action, if fact first repeating shotgun made. This is how it looked when I bought it ( sorry about pants in picture )
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I wanted to preserve it, watched this guy on You Tube called the Anvil and he show how to preserve and bring back the original blueing, he shows that you boil the firearm for about 45 mins to get rid of the crude and it brings up the blueing then you use a carding wheel, not a wire wheel, the carding wheel does not remove metal.
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After carding wheel you can see the change in appearance
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I bought a new butt stock and fore end from Macon gun stocks and I contact Wayne Doucette about fitting the stock and finishing it for me, the stock originally on the gun was not fancy, the gun was a tool so I did not want fancy wood and here is the finished product
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I have the 1901 version and I find this very interesting. Thanks for your post friend.

Nice one thing about this design it's very easy to load it in the single shot mode. Once you lever it open everything is right there between your hands.
 
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Looks fantastic! The "boil-out conservation" method demonstrated by Mark Novak is quite ingenious but also very simple to do, glad to see it worked out for you here.

Although it was indeed the first lever-action shotgun, didn't the Spencer pre-date it by a few years for first repeater?
 
Nice job. The hammer on these is really something to be careful with. Could be a mankiller if you are not careful, super short spur and can slip from your thumb real easy.
 
Milspectacles said:
Looks fantastic! The "boil-out conservation" method demonstrated by Mark Novak is quite ingenious but also very simple to do, glad to see it worked out for you here.

Although it was indeed the first lever-action shotgun, didn't the Spencer pre-date it by a few years for first repeater?
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First repeating shotgun, Spencer was a rifle, I know Spencer was working on a Shotgun, but I am not sure what happened
https://www.nps.gov/fosm/learn/hist...inchester was the,were a lever action company.
 
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Muskyhunter1 said:
What a really neat looking old gun.

I am guessing it was manufactured for black powder only? It would be fun to take it out grouse hunting if it still functions.
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Yes, 2 7/8 black powder 10ga shot shells, I made up about 100 rounds for it, never used a roll crimper before, but the process was really neat, as soon as it warms up I will take it out and test fire it
 
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That's neat, how was it like to shot, I have an 1860 Spencer reproduction and find it really finicky
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I never fired it, I acquired it as a collection piece. Smooth and silent it was not! It took a fair amount of force to work the action. It really did feel like a piece of farm machinery, as opposed to the later John Browning designs. The difference between a capable engineer, and an engineering genius.
 
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