I have an old Winchester pump action .22 rifle that my grandpa owned, and gave to me before he passed in 1996. I didn't even know he had it until he gave it to me.
The rifle is very old, and very beaten. I know the romantics among us are going to scream about this, but believe me, when I say it's rough, I mean it's really, really, kept in the chicken coop, rolled around in the back of a pickup, rough. So rough that displaying it really isn't even a consideration.
That said, there's no metal pitting, and there are no cracks in the wood.
I'm 54, and I'd like to have it restored for one of my grandsons before to much more time passes.
Can anyone recommend a good place to get this little rifle professionally restored?
Or could I just give it a good scrubbing and see what I find under all of that gunk?
The rifle is very old, and very beaten. I know the romantics among us are going to scream about this, but believe me, when I say it's rough, I mean it's really, really, kept in the chicken coop, rolled around in the back of a pickup, rough. So rough that displaying it really isn't even a consideration.
That said, there's no metal pitting, and there are no cracks in the wood.
I'm 54, and I'd like to have it restored for one of my grandsons before to much more time passes.
Can anyone recommend a good place to get this little rifle professionally restored?
Or could I just give it a good scrubbing and see what I find under all of that gunk?