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did you try to shoot it?

really poor job - just a clean not restoring anything !

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Exactly! I couldn't agree more!

He didn't oil anything.

I was thinking the same? He restored it, not renewed it

@@themanthelegend7048 He was hosing it down with WD40. Not the best choice but it does work. And there was obviously alot of stuff done offscreen to appease KZfaq, like the test firing. :/

@@shrory Yes I agree. And personally I much prefer this well worn but functional look. Almost post apocalyptic even. It tells a story on its own something that looks new just cant without outside knowledge.

That's too bad. The marxist American haters have defeated KZfaq.

You did an amazing restoration. Glad to see the rust was mostly superficial. Gave it a lot of character. I bet if that gun could talk it would be yelling at its previous owner.

I'll look for you on Instagram, I'm curious to see what caliber it is

Very cool Jimmy

@@emmengel @ 12:47 .22 short on the bottom of the ejector.

Lol, what's so exceptional about that so I should be amazed? Museums restore thousands pieces of art or history that are hundrerds if not thousands of years. Also there are tens of youtubers who do the same

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1873 is the model, not the year it was produced. You can go to a gun store and buy a brand new Winchester 1873 right now. This is definitely an older one with the octagnal barrel, but it's not as old as you think it is.

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@@alanhaykins464 You meant Gavin right?

It's a good thing the break was along the wood grain. It helps to hide the seam.

I would have expoxied 3 matching walnut dowels in required lengths, evenly spaced and drilled in from the bottom of the stock to really strengthen the original walnut stock. Great work on the gun.

Siegfried Armory i agree hes just giving that rifle its day in the sun again and its great, hes doing more for history by letting us see all the moving parts and craftsmanship that went into something like a lever action rifle then just having a rusty piece of metal in a case to look at

im dissapointed he didnt use top ramen to repair the stock of the gun other then that it looked amazing and u right too.

He did an amazing job and more importantly stuck to the original parts. Was just thinking, one day some guy (or guys, who would all be long gone) would have been putting this together. A century and a half later this man opens its apart, restores it and once again puts it back together.

No shit that's not patina that's just rust the patina is long gone from that rifle and it was an amazing restoration........

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Couldn't agree more. Very legit, no painted flames or pimped led lights.

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loved that fact!

But he didn't shoot it

almost made you cry? cringe

Some people do take an interest in preserving history.

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Just being curious , what is the caliber of your grandpa's rifle Joey ?

Agreed

I’m glad he didn’t gold plate it or put his initials jot anything just leaving the gun alone after proper restoration

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Yeah... I mean... he could have at least clean it properly and maybe oli the mechanism... but what do I know right? Perhaps dirty trigger works best...

@@lukasmikula7688 I'm sure he threw some oil in the action, or at least wd40.

There was nothing wrong with it other than a single spring, mechanically. The cleaning took care of that. What he did to the rest of it is butchery. It could be a several thousand dollar gun. As it is, it's worth about $100. Or what he paid, and the labor was a loss.

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It's unfortunate that he never got to own one, they really are fantastic rifles. If you ever decide to get one, they're still in production. Uberti makes a nice reproduction of it, but better yet, they're still in production under Winchester itself. I bought a brand new Winchester Model 1873 back in February as a 2 month late 19th birthday present to myself. It, along with my Henry Repeating Arms Golden Boy Silver, is my favorite rifle that I own.

@@TexasHellcat1836 Yes the 1873 are again made under the Winchester brand, but Miroku makes them in Japan. The quality is also excellent. I have one in 44-40 the original caliber.

@@pulsarenfusion8595 I did forget to mention that part. Mine's in .45 Colt. I absolutely love it.

@@TexasHellcat1836 I understand you, it is also a caliber that made history.

@@pulsarenfusion8595 I would've bought the 44-40 version, but where I live, .45 Colt is cheaper and is more commonly available.

I was hoping for new one, but that one came up rly good

He may have to replace the butstock - ive seen that kind of cracking before, and the epoxy eventualy fails because recoil make the two parts want to shear against each other. Luckily, theres several places that offer reproduction wood.

@@machinist7230 not much recoil on a .22

@@hp7093 A .22 short at that. I think a raindrop landing on my shoulder is more of a shock.

@@hp7093 is that what its chambered in? They came in multiple calibers, including 44-40. Rimfire will probably not have the problem, unless he drops it (which causes that kind of splitting most of the time in the first place). I have seen similar damage done on marlin 336s and Win 94s fixed the same way, and more often than not, it splits again a few years down the road.

Come now, we both know it would be an inlay.

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CEASE This gun is beautiful. Don't bubba it up.

Naw. Go like the West. Branding it in like Bonanza.

He does overboard with the whole name thing. We get it dude you like your last name.

Agreed, I thought he was gonna go cut himself some wood or something. But I like the effort of trying to stay with original!

I, too, was wondering about that... I kind of figured he would fix up the old stock, but a part of me thought he might just craft one. Regardless, he did a great job.

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I'm disappointed he didn't put a folding stock..

I understand wanting to maintain the integrity of the piece. But there’s no way around that massive crack, it’s going to end up opening again.

Yeah it gives it that authentic look so it doesnt just look like another perfect clone gun

Yeah...my first reaction was "Why not just make a new stock?" But this is better.

Nobody expects a rifle to survive 140 years without a few scars.

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If you don't know how to properly restore firearms, it's best for your safety not to. This one seems to have been properly stored(for the time) way back because you can see the paper still stuck to parts of it at the beginning. They used to store old guns in a tar/oil like substance then wrapped in paper and bound to prevent extreme rust and foreign objects being lodged in the firing mechanism/barrel. Over time the barriers broke down and it did eventually see some rust and wood degradation, but not near what an improperly stored gun would. A gun that old with no protection from the elements would likely be beyond repair without many man hours from a trained professional.

@@tyler1988 You mean cosmolene? Guns are still stored in that stuff.

Rust on the outside usually means rust on the inside. If you're into guns at all I don't need to tell you why a corroded inner barrel is bad news

Couldn't agree more. Some people would rather see them restored them rusted. In my opinion I would. Yeah there is history but even when it's restored the history of the gun is still there.

I understand your point of view. Somehow I expected some parts being exchanged, or at least ground and polished to a mirror. But that "pure" restauration with all the original parts and pieces and surfaces gives a completely other aura to that rifle. Not a shiny shimmery one, but an originally antique one. I appreciate that.

..... there was no original finish left, just rust

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I thought for SURE there's no way he's able to salvage that piece. Happy to see I was wrong.

Well sir I'm watching this while I'm on the shitter... To be specific my girlfriends shitter🤣😂

Indeed, and not only was it functional, it looked great too.

This is a model 1873 which means it was made anywhere between 1873(the start of its manufacturing) to 1919.

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I believe they used very good quality steel back then

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Thank you for clarifying I thought it was brown-brown and chipmunks.

it would be neet if they could talk about their past

Right bro

It´s non agressive rust remover...

@@l.m.delgado7808 It’s wood…

@@Gravy_Master Evaporust is very gentle stuff. It's safe to get it on your hands, and disposal is literally just pouring it down the drain.

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@@matts.8342 Water is also very gentle, safe to get on your hands, and disposes easily down the drain. You can even drink it. Yet it can destroy wood effortlessly.

That is so true.

Diresta, did you get the Evapo-Rust idea from Hand Tool Rescue?

Old steel is hard to kill

as it should be

Craftsmanship? He cleaned the rust off, so what?

Batts?? 😂😂

no way

not really he sprayed 5 cans WD-40 on it, and slammed it with a hammer

@IMAC calling it brand new is being overly generous, restored yes but gosh nowhere near brand new, he could have done so much more with restoring the metal

Do you still work for tegridy farms, towelie?

@@builddude1500TVL Of course. Me and Randy are gearing up to introduce our new special!

Kristopher Klee i thought he was gonna do that awful thing where you put dye into the resin and make it like blue or something

@@bandithm7784 shou de bola

Old trick called Wood Flur

Yeah this trick is used with clear epoxy or even glue. I used the wood from cabinets to refinish cracks or chips. You can even mold entire handles for drawers like this.

It's also used on guitars.

great comment sir benjamin

If i owned one i would clean it every week even if i didn't fire it. That's a beautiful rifle right there.