Winchesters

We had our Mentor & Guru work on not one but THREE Winchesters in a single day Wednesday, December 5th.  Oh, what a Great Day that was.

First, Master Gunsmith Tom B. took an old 1960's scope off our ancient WIN Model 67.  He then rummaged around his extensive shop and found an iron rear sight.  He drifted that sight in practically with his eyes closed.  The surface rust on the sight perfectly matched the rust on the barrel.  They are a match made in Single Shot Heaven.

This Winchester Model 67 isn't just ANY single shot, it's our very first rifle we ever had.  I am pretty sure I got it handed to me in 1954 or 1955 when I was 7 years old and got my first hunting license back in Indiana.  It sure looks like this particular Model 67 was made prior to October 1944.

Here's a snippet from the Wiki on Model 67's:

"In place of the earlier chrome plating, blued finish was used on the bolt, trigger, and cocking piece starting in October 1944."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_67

Well, this Model 67 definitely has the chrome and not blue so "go figure."

Next up was the Model 94 lever action carbine in the timeless classic .30-30 caliber.  Back in the 1980's we really wanted an Old Navajo Sheep Gun.  We even put an ad in the newspaper trying to find one to buy in Northern Arizona.

After 25+ years later, we found one late last fall and bought it December 15, about an hour after we learned our Mom died. We knew we were going to have to go to Indiana and sell off all our childhood firearms so we bought this old beater WIN Model 94 .30-30 as a hedge that we would always have something to remember my Dad by and his love of firearms and collecting old, beat-up relics.  This is a genuine old, beat-up relic, we can assure you of that.

Dear Friend Tom looked it over and pronounced it safe, savory and sharp to shoot.  He then also pronounced, "This rifle is in better condition than 98-percent of the firearms on the entire Navajo Reservation."  That sure made us feel good and cemented our new lifelong attachment to this old, worn, pitted, rusted relic.  We plan to shoot the heck out of it now and maybe even hit something, too.

The final act of Tom's trifecta was doing a trigger job on our Wnchester Model 70 Youth Ranger in .308 caliber.  Tom tweaked, twisted and thumbed his way through that trigger like a skilled surgeon.  When he finished it, we were practically jumping for joy.  It's as light as a feather and it's surely going to help us take our own big game to the next level.(pun intended)

It's not often in life that a guy gets three Winchesters worked on in a single day and gets to take them home that very same day.  It's not often that a Dear Friend brings a couple of Winchesters back to life and breathes new sensitivity into a third Winchester.

It was definitely a "Winchester Kinda Day."

THANKS, Tom!  YA DUN GOOD!  I so appreciate what you did.  Happy Shooting & Many Cheers!

jp