Great work on restoring those beautiful old rifles. I have a soft spot for old 22 rifles. Cant beat The good ol walnut and steel. You inspired me to bring out my remington model 33.

Heritage...memories from youth... They had just the best sights.! Just a thin-cut rear notch and thin front post or bead. 40 yards.and rabbit/squirrel was in the pot with some potatoes, carrots, onions.... I still don't understand why all the 80's-on rifles don't use those older-style sights.

I love these old rifles. Super accurate, great quality and beautiful! You can't compare them to the new plastic stuff made today! Great videos! Wish you lived nearby!

You are the #1 22lr youtuber! You have cornered the market. I have been a 50+ year shooter and collector of firearms and you have infected many of us to renew our love with the 22lr.

I am glad to see you are getting along so well. Many prayers went out for you and your wife during both of your recent difficulties. There is truly power in prayer. Another great video. You have once again shown what can be done to enhance these old guns. I am continually amazed by your restoration abilities. Stay healthy and warm, my friend.

Lookin good brother. Pretty sweet squirrel gitters

Thank you for showing these 2 fine rifles and what it takes to keep them in good condition.

Glad y'all are doing well especially in the last few days with freezing weather. Nothing like restoring an old worn weathered firearm & bringing its beauty back. Especially a nice piece of walnut. Great job on both. Since now the season lasts until the middle of March for squirrels good luck. Take care & stay safe & warm. 🙏👍🐿🐿

Nice job or restoring these fine old rifles. I have the same feelings you do. It is hard for me to see an old classic all rusted and beat up. They should be on the range or in the field as they were intended. Keep up the good work and glad to see you and yours have mended well.

You have the best videos ...SECOND TO NONE...I ENJOY EACH AND EVERY ONE

I didn't want this video to end. Made me remember the weekend I spent with my uncle Ogle in his Qwonset hut in Atwater, CA back in the late '60s. I watched him take his time and clean an old rifle, (and I remember he had a nice collection) but I was just a 10-year old kid and though I didn't know the half of what he was doing, as I sat next to him in his wheelchair and watched him patiently concentrate and focus on his project, I learned good attitude and habits - something my father just wasn't the type to teach. I so appreciate this stroll down nostalgia lane and truly appreciate you being one solid and knowledgeable Gentleman. If I can ever afford to get out of this heavily tarnished "Golden State" - I'd sure enjoy an afternoon together punching holes in targets and reminiscing old war stories. 😏

Where I grew up in north central Pa we still call them clips, a magazine in my part of woods is internal in the gun. I do enjoy your KZfaq’s, the models 60’s were great.

GR8 to see you and your craftsmanship again . Pleased to hear your wife is improving . The correct tools make any job much easier . Thank you for sharing your art of restoration with us . Stay warm and stay healthy . Looking forward to your next project .😉

Great job. I want to refinish my 581 someday. Thanks for the help.

You are an excellent gunsmith. I am really impressed how much effort and skill you put into your projects. Thanks, and, keep up the good work. I really enjoy your .22 projects. Best Regards!

You did one hell of a beautiful refurbish on those rifles. Very nice. It is comforting to see someone appreciate Walnut & Steel. Congrats. Dave & The Girls

Another great video Tom. Both guns look and shoot great. Job well done. Glad you guys are feeling better.

Great work, looks beautiful. I just bought a 581 from an estate that was never fired and was in stellar shape. I looked up the manufacturer code, and it was from 1968. I'm very happy with it.

I also have a 121 and its big brother the 141, Remington sure made some great pump actions!

Just wanted to tell you that I am a big fan of your channel. We are about the same age and love of the outdoors. I can't wait for your videos to see what you are doing. I also LOVE rimfire guns, both rifles and pistols and love to shoot them.! Keep up the GREAT WORK please..!!!

Beautiful work bringing those rifles back brother. Appreciate you sharing your time and advice!

Or an M1 garrand direct load clip.......people nit pick EVERYTHING on the interweb. Accuracy was in the thumbnail folks used to feed their families with these heirloom quality rifles ( steel and wood ) lots of channels spending thousands on comp guns that never come off a bench. Thanks for savin these guns

I really enjoyed watching you restore those old guns, they turned out fantastic, I really enjoyed your video

Thanks fpr your videos I envy that collection of .22 short ammo you have. Very Cool

Those .22s turned out awesome! I have a glenfield model 25 I love to shoot. It was in rough shape had to get a few parts off eBay and wood glue a crack but its back in working order and I don’t think I’ll ever get rid of it.

I think those came out pretty nice. I wouldn't need perfect but if it functions they way it's supposed to, is protected and looks okay then I would love to have a nice old rifle like that especially a pump.

Very interesting and informative video. I learned a lot. In fact I have a couple of old guns that I am going to restore. Thanks again and I 😊look forward to your next video, and yes I am now subscribed with the bell turned on.

Wow, they look great! Very impressive work.

Nice video! I love the old rifles!

I have a rem. 510x I bought in 1963 when I was 11 yrs old. Showing wear from 60 yrs of rabbit,squirrel and muskrat hunts. Still as accurate as the day I bought it.

Glad to hear your wife is doing well now. Great job sir enjoyed it as always

thank you for this excellent tutorial.

Real great guns nice job like always I just finished restoring my Remington 512 it looks fantastic they don't make them like that any more

That was a very entertaining, and very well explained gun maintaining video. I am an avid gun collector. I have many rifles, young and old, and pistols. Many of my older firearms needed lots of TLC, and I have refinished stocks, and blued many. Your step-by-step approach was very well showed. I have learned that preparation is perhaps the most important step in any refinishing task. Thank you very much for this video. Those two rifles ended up beautiful, and for the work you put into them you can be proud of the results. Be Safe, and God Bless. Stay warm, looks like winter is finally here!

Excellent work enjoyed your work old guns are great!!!!

Thanks to you, cleaned a very heavy 581 trigger yesterday. Hope it helped. Looking for a quality 582. Had one stolen years ago. Love to replace it.

Thanks for enduring a cod winter day to show everyone ! I have enjoyed watching all your videos and Im trying to buy a580 line of Remington but they are a little higher than my pocket can afford buy the time the bidding ends ! Thank you, God Bless …..!! and glad the GoodLord has blessed your family back to good health

Glad to see another video Sir I was starting to worry. Have you considered instead of rubbing a copper penny over the finish. The boiling water method it’s exactly as it sounds. Disassemble the firearm place it in boiling water for 2 hours. Remove and card or use 0000 steel wool heck even a toothbrush works to remove the rust residue. After removing all the rust residue simply oil with used motor oil or non detergent motor oil. What is happening when you boil the rust your converting the into iron oxide. Iron oxide is what the bluing finish on a firearm is. Depending on how bad the firearms condition you may have to boil 3 or 4 times but that’s in a worse case scenario. The condition of the firearms your working with one 2 hr boil will probably work. Also I tip in regards to the Parma blue paste. Try warming up the metal with a torch that really lets it soak into the metal. Giving a really deep blue appearance. But to be honest with you I can tell your definitely capable of browning or rust bluing your firearms. That process is so easy it’s not even funny and the results are 100x’s better then the cold blue method. You should check out the KZfaq channel Anvil with Mark Novak. He has very detailed instructions for what your doing. Not that your method doesn’t work well enough. But like I said before I think your absolutely capable of a more advanced method now Sir.

Those are fine old rifles. Wood and steel. Brings back memories to wonderful to describe.

I'm doing something similar to a 510 and 512, I pickup from my brother in law which he shops the pawn shops. I just sand the stocks and apply tongue oil and buff it out. The action and barrel, I soak in penetrating oil buff out with 4-O steel wool and you be amazed at the transformation of just using this simple process of removing the surface rust and in most cases most of the factory bluing is in fairly good shape with minor touch ups. A great way to spend a cold rainy day 😊.

Good Sunday morning.Its really hard to find these 22 rifles in my area . But they were built in a time when men took pride in what they made. Remember everyone through the Good and the bad in life look to Jesus Christ he is the answer ✝️🙏

Beautiful work & wonderful accuracy,....if only modern 22's were so accurate AND affordable......

Those are Gunsmiths' screwdrivers or hollow ground screwdrivers. Won't damage the screws.

I switched my 581 trigger, horribly heavy, to a fantastic Canjar set at 1.25 lbs. Nice squirrel rifle.

Great job. I'm old school(73), so I am partial to blued steel and walnut.Also, I have a 121 that my uncle bought new when he came home from WW2.

Magazine info was good to know

The first time I learned about the use of )))) steel wool and kerosene or light oil for rust removal on guns was a man I met in South Texas thar was a gun engraver, I saw him at a gun show working on a receiver in a vise and he was cleaning it before engraving and I ask if he was removing the bluing he said no cleaning the light rust from the gun , and I must of looked confused as he explained if you use 0000 steel wool with kerosene or light oil it would not hurt the bluing on the gun but with dry wool it would remove the bluing and later I learned about using a copper penny, I believe 1984 is the last year of copper pennies or else prior to 1984 is copper pennies so I always use wheat back pennies to be sure, I assume a bar of copper will do the same thing but you seldom see bars of copper anymore, although if you know an electrician they sometimes have it laying around

Just wanted to recommend a scrubing type pad that is made for removing rst off blueing. Frontier metal cleaner big 45 works well .

They also sell bronze 'steel wool' .. that will be less likely to scratch the bluing compared to 0000 steel wool

HOPE EVERYONE ARE BETTER GREAT VIDEO. ACE HARDWARE HAS BRASS WOOL WHICH I HAVE GREAT SUCCESS THANKS

Also have a Remington 121 pump that is not drilled and tapped for a scope mount. Afraid to decrease its value.

Great video again! A couple questions . Penetrating oil mix ( oil and acetone) ? What were you buffing stock with ? Thanks keep them coming.

Hope y’all doing well

Hello respectfully friend. I have a question for you that is right in line with this video. I recently purchased a Rem 552, a later version. The rifle is in excellent condition, BUT. One day I noticed that the barrel is loose within the receiver, it will move from side to side. With the scope mounted on the aluminum receiver, I don't think I will be able to hit the proverbial barn. What do you suggest as a solution ? I like the rifle very much. I can't shoot it with open sights, my R eye won't focus. Hope you can help. Keep well and raise hell. Dave & The Girls

great video what is the white paste. ???

Tom.. can you do a review and accuracy video on the Remington 550 - 1 semi auto 22 rifle . The one I have is super accurate.

Do you have a video on the Winchester 22 model 67

What is that white polish you are using on that stock? It looks like it works great!

Sometimes when you read the list of features on a new 22 rifle....the company will state CLIP FED...SINGLE SHOT ..ETC...IVE ALLWAYS CALLED THEM CLIPS..I NEVER MET ANYONE THAT WAS FAMILIAR WITH A 22 RIM FIRE THAT DIDNT KNOW WHAT I WAS REFERING TO WHEN I SAID CLIP FED......NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO YOU WILL ALLWAYS MEET SOMEONE THAT IS A SO CALLED EXPERT IN THEIR MIND

Got a old weaver g4 scope the cross hairs are falling down what's the fix. Also got a cooey winchaester 64 A .22LR took all screws out and the barrel action seemed like it was bedded to stock. Do you think someone did bed it or was it just because the gun was cocked. Could that hold it in the stock real tight like that

There's nothing like a hot tank bluing, I have a 1940 m-37 Ithaca that was hot tanked, it looks gorgeous, Eck usmc

I have a old early 50s I believe mossberg 142A , I highly doubt you could carry all the rounds that have been through it and it’s still very accurate!

To answer your question ask the boys / men that put a squirrel or a rabbit it the pot to feed there family during hard time and continue to do so

I have my dads Winchester model 72 with bead sight it will light matches 🦅🇺🇸

Sure would like to talk with you about a couple of things

Is this blue pase durable?

when i was abut 12 years old on my birthday my mon took me to friedmans army supply to get me a new 22 rifle of my choice. they had a large selection .and they had some older guns also . i looked them over and i think it was a old stevens long barrel tube fed bolt action with a real fine bead front site. i chose that one man it was a tack driver. i wore it out.

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It causes a chemical reaction with metal

You best believe they are. My old Stevens/Savage from the early '50s is so accurate it's boring.

More accurate than the new ones. Older is better-

normally when you hear someone call a magazine a "clip" I automatically assume that they are someone who either knows jack shit about guns, or is just one of those people who watches too much tv. we know better than to think that about you. I figured you had just mis-spoke. the last guy I heard calling those clips asked me if I had a permit to own a gun, and I said no, and told him there is no permitting process (at least in this state) for owning a gun and that its just bullcrap he heard in a movie or on CSI.

I see you love cardboard like I do. It's good for a lot of things

I thought you would refinish all the way? Something wrong with the bore or pitted metal? Watch your videos several time . Ike eating ice-cream, lol.

Delead the barrel push a red hot electrode slowly down the barrel butt up barrel down at45% then use a bronze brush on your cleaning rod clean vigorously with mussel in a bucket of boiling hot water,suck that water up and down,,,,lightly lube sewing machine oil,,,,adjourn to the firing range and see how you go

How did u bake on the butt plate

Bet your ass on it way better then ploymer junk guns ! 🤠

Stupid if you thought they were less accurate.