After a lot of research I just finished rebuilding my uncle's old Winchester model 1890/1906. The 1890 & 1906 parts are almost interchangeable so there lots of parts online. After re-lining the barrel, I replaced the receiver, the bolt, firing pin, main spring, hammer, trigger, inner magazine tube, the front magazine tube hanger and numerous other small parts. I also had to repair a large crack in the butt stock. Tried sighting it in but it was shooting 3"-4" to the right. I tapped the f/sight until it fell off. After more research it was determined that the barrel needed to be straightened. With my friend holding the barrel on a couple of blocks on the anvil I took an 8# sledge and hit it until it was zeroed in. It's UGLY but that's the way I got it and it is now a tack driver.
Re-lined my Winchester 1890/1906 .22
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I once did the same sort of thing with a model 90 I acquired. Shooting it off of a picnic bench I found it could not be sighted in. I put part of the barrel in between the boards of the bench and applied a little pressure several times along the barrel and it sighted in just fine afterward. Those barrels are more pliable than some people think.
oldgunsmith
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The fork of a tree works if there's not a bench around. Works on shotguns, too.
FrankenMauser
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Yea. It reminds me a bit of a Savage 99 "restoration" I saw on a now-defunct local forum.
The guy wanted to save his grandfather's 1918 Savage 99 that had been hidden in a chicken house for 30+ years, but it was in really poor shape (not surprisingly).
3 parts guns, many shipments from Numrich, and an astronomical gunsmith bill later....
He had a cut-down original barrel, and buttplate, with everything in between being replaced; and the entire rifle refinished/reblued.
It was a pretty big deviation from what most of us would take on for a "restoration" or even a 'rebuild'.
BUT .... He was happy with it.
