Lets get a some lever action #### going

Picked up one of these Black Friday with a $75mir. Wasn't really looking for one, but trying to round out the collection. I already have a single shot 30-30 which is just a range plinker, and load for it, so I wanted something I could hunt with in 30-30. Looked at the Mossberg but just something off about it, so it was the base 336, or this. Don't like barrel bands, and the regular loop was a bit tight with my fat hands lol. I think it will fit my needs...cheap enough to bash around, durable enough to take it, trigger is quite good. I'll see how it shoots this weekend.
Just a net pic, I'll get a real one up from the range shortly.
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I have two Henrys that I like very much. Accurate, flawlessly reliable.

Frontier w/octagonal barrel in .22LR (H001T):

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Big Boy Steel in .357mag (H012M):

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So I went a little overboard with a neglected 1950ish Winchester 94 that a family friend gave me. It belonged to a gentleman who passed away, and the gun lay dormant in a soggy case in the basement for several years. You'll see the rust and pitting that I had to contend with, and initially I didn't think there was any hope. But with the help of a friend who is a great gunsmith--his specialty is colour hardening and wood work--and some convincing that a laminate stock and cerakote was the answer, this gun was saved.
The pitting is still noticeable and very severe, so a polished blue wouldn't have worked. Also, we needed a greater barrier between the steel and oxygen. Even after sandblasting, it kept rusting in the worst spots.
Haters gonna hate, but I think this gun is awesome. It's going to wear a Leupold delta reflex sight off my shotgun and a ghost ring mounted on the rail.
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bweese said:
So I went a little overboard with a neglected 1950ish Winchester 94 that a family friend gave me. It belonged to a gentleman who passed away, and the gun lay dormant in a soggy case in the basement for several years. You'll see the rust and pitting that I had to contend with, and initially I didn't think there was any hope. But with the help of a friend who is a great gunsmith--his specialty is colour hardening and wood work--and some convincing that a laminate stock and cerakote was the answer, this gun was saved.
The pitting is still noticeable and very severe, so a polished blue wouldn't have worked. Also, we needed a greater barrier between the steel and oxygen. Even after sandblasting, it kept rusting in the worst spots.
Haters gonna hate, but I think this gun is awesome. It's going to wear a Leupold delta reflex sight off my shotgun and a ghost ring mounted on the rail.
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Looks fine to me!
IIRC, armacote has a special epoxy they use to fill in pitting, sand to contour, then apply the paint. It's air cured though, not baked like cerracote. Probably some kind of high heat epoxy that would work for that though.
 
Same here, I'd love closeups of the pitted area. One thing for sure, that is one impressive job of restoration. The final results are gorgeous!
 
bweese said:
So I went a little overboard with a neglected 1950ish Winchester 94 that a family friend gave me. It belonged to a gentleman who passed away, and the gun lay dormant in a soggy case in the basement for several years. You'll see the rust and pitting that I had to contend with, and initially I didn't think there was any hope. But with the help of a friend who is a great gunsmith--his specialty is colour hardening and wood work--and some convincing that a laminate stock and cerakote was the answer, this gun was saved.
The pitting is still noticeable and very severe, so a polished blue wouldn't have worked. Also, we needed a greater barrier between the steel and oxygen. Even after sandblasting, it kept rusting in the worst spots.
Haters gonna hate, but I think this gun is awesome. It's going to wear a Leupold delta reflex sight off my shotgun and a ghost ring mounted on the rail.
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I have no issue with your choices given the gun was in rough shape, but I would suggest that if you had wanted to put in more work than just bead blasting, you could have filed out a lot of that pitting and made it much more aesthetically pleasing, but I get it, everything costs money and you need to decide where your cost tolerance begins and ends.
 
Picked up this one at the recent Edmonton Gun Show.
1910 mfg Winchester 1894 takedown in 30 wcf. Shotgun butt and CC set triggers :D

Thinking of putting a vernier sight on it...thoughts?

 
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