Old Winchester lever action

the 25-35 cal is a great deer gun. I used mine a few times. Brass is hard to come by but careful site watching brings out a few from those that do not reload I shoot mainly 117 grain copper jacketted with great success.

I can attest to the weight as i have the same rifle with octagon barrel..dom 1906. and confirmed by winchester polishing room books...one round barrel made the same year ,,1906
 
H4831 said:
My moose is bigger than Johnn's moose!
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Thanks for the laugh Bruce.

Kamlooky, no worries about the king wimpering. Word on the street is Gate traded his rifle straight across. Gate got the better end of the deal.
 
NICE OLD LEVER GUNS!!! I happen to have a 32-40 Model 1894 with a 20" octagon barrel and a FOUR DIGIT SERIAL NUMBER MAKING IT A 1894 PRODUCTION. I have yet to fire it but one of these days...........
 
I just sold the exact same rifle,tang site, full tube, octagon barrel and good bore. Mine was drilled and tapped by some dumb-a** years ago. Ser # 41###. Nice old rifle but had my eye on something else.Being a shooter and not a collector piece it went to a good home for $500.
 
I'd like to clean this rifle up a bit, but I dont' want ot go too far. I'm thinking I will disassemble (to a safe level of disassembly so I don't mail a box of parts to a gunsmith) and remove all the gunk.

Then: polish metal with steel wool and oil to remove the surface rust but probably leave whatever patina is on it intact. This gun isn't going to get reblued or anything. :)

Clean 50 years of gunk out of the barrel

Sand out the stock a bit and refinish it- the buttstock looks to have some cracks and be somewhat wobbly..Not sure what I will find there..This buttstock also had a chunk taken out of it at the bottom, so the metal buttplate extends below the stock. Maybe I can find a replacement...

Figure out if I can adjust windage with this tang sight as this one doesn't even line up wiht front sight...Any ideas on this?I'm sure someone here knows how these sights work!
 
In photo #29 is my old 44-40.
I had one of our local smiths take it right down and go through it.
Clean and oil the old girl.
This smith had a real nice rear wood for her.
He told me not to loose the original for collectors value.
Seems under the tang on the wood part is the serial number or
part of the serial number of the rifle.
It may be hard to see, but it should be there.
He told me that even if the wood is beat up or cracked, it retains
more value than jobbering it out.
That rifle that H4831 shooting is all original other than the rear wood, which
sits safe and sound in the locker.
Couple of pennies for ya today laddie.
Looky.
 
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kamlooky said:
My moose is bigger than both yours put together..........:)
Na na nana naaaa...........

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Might be but here on the Island, we're thinking of going green and bringing them in and using them as eco friendly;) 'quads'. Especially for some of the wetter areas.

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And to cover all the bases, taking into consideration 'global warming':rolleyes: and the possibility of dryer conditions, we're also thinking of bringing in a 'mid east' model:p.

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I have seen a few of these old 1894's brazed up or silver soldered or what ever doctored medicine they decided on using and the funny thing I can't understand is why they don't break through the hole closest to the receiver. That would seem to be the weak point.
Now that you have posted those last photos, I would suspect the sharp corner where the tang meets the receiver should of in all likelyhood been made rounded, not with the sharp corner. Hence the start of a crack. One old fella I asked about all the busted rear wood on these relics figures that at the time, rather than wasting a kill shot, the rifle bearer opted to stab the butt of his lever to the head of the wounded critter?
Just a thought tossed.
Looky.
 
Figure out if I can adjust windage with this tang sight as this one doesn't even line up wiht front sight...Any ideas on this?I'm sure someone here knows how these sights work![/QUOTE]

Clarke, on some of those rifles with the Lyman tang sight windage was not adjustable..... you might have to drift the front sight over to make windage changes.
 
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