This rifle got left in a damp garage in a cheap case for a few years. I didn’t know it was out there : ( Stripped it down and derusted all the metal parts. The barrel bands, trigger, and hammer were originally blued steel, I silver plated those parts just for show. Built the new butt stock and fore grip out of laminated Walnut and Zebra wood, only had 1" thick lumber to work with. Took me about 2 months to complete this project but the Browning shoots like new and is safely in my gun cabinet where nothing can mess it up.
Thanks Jim, took a while, but wanted to make sure it was done right. Only new parts are all the springs in the mechanism, didn’t want to trust them after being rusted.
Nice looking rifle, and a great restoration, How does it shoot? That grain looks great! I have a chunk of 8/4 black walnut with some wild grain on one end that I hope to make a new stock for my k10/22t Ruger carbine, someday.
papa i hope your good and still with us. i hope you join us here again. your kinda my idol ! i remember the night you took no shit from cricket and basically told her to stick it where the sun dont shine ! you knew it was the end just like the night i told her the same thing for all the lies she was spewing after the change. hope to here from you soon !
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
i dont know jim if he's still with us ? been 3 years since his last post. hey anyone that has the balls to tell cricket to shove it is ok with me ! those mods over there think their Gods or something ! this forum is for us wood rebels ! 😎 God bless martin for tolerating us all ! 😎
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
@Ganchik For firearms that are possessed by persons residing in states that even require registration, there is generally no permit or renewal requirement. I have firearms purchased as far back as 1974 that the only information that the government may have is the original background check, and nothing else. A 22 caliber rifle was handed down through the family from my wife's great grandfather. We have it now with only family hearsay as to its provenance.
my dad had many guns and shotguns that were not registered ! he preferred it ! he had many cop friends here where we lived that sold him some, well lets say, not legit hand guns ! they would pay him to hone them out for a smooth trigger. one hand gun, a 44 snub nose mag that had a hair trigger a 3 yr old could pull was damn scary !!!!! that came from a narc officer that would break down doors to meth cookers ! not sure where it went after my dads death. dont really care, it scared the hell outta me !
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
