The Born Again Winchester Project

[TINCANBANDIT]

I bought this sad looking Winchester model 250 lever action .22 that was in a house fire.....after some parts searching, lots of cleaning and sanding, then rebluing, the gun looks like new again




Here are some before and after shots

Blog posts documenting the work that was done

TINCANBANDIT's Gunsmithing: The Born Again Winchester Project part 1

TINCANBANDIT's Gunsmithing: The Born Again Winchester Project part 2

TINCANBANDIT's Gunsmithing: The Born Again Winchester Project part 3

TINCANBANDIT's Gunsmithing: The Born Again Winchester Project part 4

TINCANBANDIT's Gunsmithing: The Born Again Winchester Project part 5

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[SA Shooter]

Looks awesome!

 

[GOG]

Very nice.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Nice to see a damaged gun , brought back to life....
It looks great ...hope it shoots as good as it looks.
Andy

 

[Stomper]

If you're not.... you outta be mighty proud of that one!


But since it WAS in a fire, and you didn't mention performance.... does it shoot around corners?

 

[TINCANBANDIT]

If you're not.... you outta be mighty proud of that one!


But since it WAS in a fire, and you didn't mention performance.... does it shoot around corners?

nah, it didn't get THAT hot.....just enough to char the wood and ruin the bluing