Showing posts with label .32 Winchester Special. Show all posts
Showing posts with label .32 Winchester Special. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

The Winchester model of 1894

The grammar sounds a little clumsy, but that's what they call it, 
and as it's probably the finest hunting rifle for deep woods ever made, who am I to argue.
This one was made right after WWII. The metal is in excellent condition, but the stock looked like it had been refinished with a belt sander, so I didn't feel guilty about adding the recoil pad. 
The furniture still needs a couple more coats of tung oil before it will shine, but it shoots just fine.
It's a carbine (which means it has a 20"barrel) chambered in 32 Winchester Special. A hard hitting round that can also be loaded with black powder 
(should you happen to like big puffs of smoke with your bang.) 
The rifle came with a set of Williams iron sights that I switched for a set of "Fire sights" wich work very well in low light.
If you happen to have a buckhorn marked "32 Winchester Special" kicking around, drop me a line. I'd love to return it to the original.

This thing had the sloppiest trigger I ever saw when I found it. There was a 1/4" of play side to side and the trigger pull was in double digits. I ended up drilling it out the trigger, frame and sear and bushing everything. I also stoned the sear as the faces weren't a great match (and I already had it apart). 
It shoots like a dream now. 

This is probably my favorite piece in the collection.