Very Beatup Win 1894 SRC project/resurection. All Finshed-Pg 5

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So I was at the gunshow today and came across this 1894. As you can see it is in very bad shape. I looked it over a couple times trying to figure out how someone did such a terrible repair. The tang and lower tang were very poorly repaired. It seemed to still cycle okay and had a decent bore. The trigger wouldnt catch when cycling at it was missing the loading gate. Also the lever was all bent out of shape. Anyway no big deal so I took a shot at it.

Here is a couple pics as I received it. I was just getting ready to pull the stock off and decided to take some pics. The stock bolt is a machine screw. The stock was actually glued onto the receiver, took a couple good wacks with a rubber hammer to break it free.









After a teardown, I found why the trigger wasnt catching. It was so wornout, luckily I had a spare in my parts bin and a loading gate.



Here is what it looks like all torn down. I am going to try and repair the tang and lowertang the best I can tommorow. A couple minutes with a anvil I was able to straighten out the lever pretty close to original. Should work pretty well. I will update as I go.


 
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That poor old gal isn't worthy of a fireplace mantle.
Looks like she had a run in with a cantankerous old horse.
Or got run over.
Hope you can get her shooting again.
 
cool, how much you pay for it if you dont mind me asking?

The only scary thing is the brazing. You could grind it down but then the strength may not be there, which means the alternative is to grind the brazing out and tig weld it up. Actually though, it does have the potential to turn out nicely.
 
I see lower tangs for 1894's at the shows pretty regularly. Should not be a problem to find a new one, if inclination goes that way.

Brazing is a PITA to clean off, agree that TIG would be the way to go though.

Alright. How much did you pay for that fine collectible in original condition? :)

Cheers
Trev
 
Hey guys, I paid $100 for this crown jewel. I thought it would make a good truck gun after it is cleaned up. I checked the serial number and it dates to 1913.
So I have spent the last couple hours playing around with it. I started with the pile of braze on the receiver. After about 20 minutes with some files and sandpaper I am left with this. Doesnt look to bad and still pretty strong.



I then went at the lower tang. After a couple minutes on the anvil it was straight. I then heated it with a torch to break the braze apart. I then filed all of the braze off and V'd out the joint to prep for welding. Top one was one out of my other 94 for comparison.



Then after welding.




After some more filing.




Then assembled to check everything out. Didnt have a screw for the loading gate to I made one fit. As soon as I got it assembled, my first cycle I broke the hammer spring so now I am in the market for one so if anyone has one kicking around let me know. More to come later, I am done for the night.



 
Big improvement already. I have seen several SRC's with the saddle ring lug filed down I don't know why they did that? If you remove the ring, you can put a small adjustable on the flats of the lug and simply unscrew it. The butt stock looks in pretty hard shape but any pre 1950's butt should interchange. Good luck, no reason she can't go hunting again.
 
Looks great, will be a nice $100 rifle when your done.

I vote you build new furniture for it out of some quilted maple while your at it!
 
I forgot to mention for a previous poster that it is chmabered in 30-30.
So tonight I only got a little done. The hammer spring I broke I decided to V it out and try welding it together. Usually dont have much luck with welding spring steel but this time was a success. Welded it back together and it works like a charm.



I also fixed up the stock a bit, It had that ugly "belly" so I decided to remove it and make it back to the straight grip. The fitment was a little off so I made it fit better. Still got some more work to do. I tore it down again to get ready for bead blasting and rebluing tommorow. By tommorow night it should look like a totally different gun.

 
So today the braze on the upper tang cracked. I was in this far so I decided break the rest of it off and weld it on. A propane torch was hot enought to break it off. I then filed all of the braze out off it and V'd out the joint. Sorry I forgot to take pics of that part. Here it is broke off.




Here it is MIG welded back on.



After about 30 minutes of filing it turned out like this. Now it is time for beadblasting and bluing. SO I am a day behind now but it is turning out slowly.

 
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