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Does anyone have any suggestions on a company that rebuilds Springfields?
My uncle gave one when I was ten years old. It obviously was fired with corrosive primers and not cleaned properly but now that I am the age he was when he passed away I'd like to get it rebuilt.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22nd, 2009 11:39 PM |
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Killed deer and played with a sporterized '03 for nearly twenty yrs. Replaced it with a Ruger 77 composite stainless in '06--naturally. Love the smoothness and toughness of the action. Hope to rebarrel it "one of these days". wc
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23rd, 2009 12:11 AM |
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There are any number of gunsmiths that can re-barrel it (and a few that can do a bang up restoration to "correct" standards at a bang up price) for you, and it won't take a lot of searching to find one, quite possibly in your area. Bear in mind that any collector value it has will be utterly destroyed if all you do is re-barrel. Were it me, I'd shoot it as is, or "hang it on the wall" and enjoy the pride of owning an old war dog that came thru from family.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23rd, 2009 04:32 AM |
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I looked at this post earler, and wasn't sure how to answer it. Given it some thought, now.
If you are looking to rebarrel, decent smiths are pretty common. If you are looking to restore, you are looking at a pretty good chuck of cash.
What kind of shape is it in? Can you post pictures? I play with milsurps regularly, and I've seen some bores that looked pretty bad at first (and second!) glance, but cleaned up to shooter status with time and labor. Do you need stock work done? Finish?
You might be able to clean it up yourself, with some guidance. As much as I hate sending someone to another board, http://www.gunboards.com/ can give you some excellent information on your warhorse.
Good luck with your rifle, a legacy gun from a family member is always special. I'd like to see what you do with it.
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Hi Charlie, Have had it parked in the safe for 3-4 years. Just oiled it down good and said bye for now. When in the Marines I fired comp. a bit and just could not stand the eight inch group at 100 yds. Will take your advice and give the bore a thorough cleaning and try it again. It is a sweet operating shooter. Was shooting at multiple deer late and my son thought I was using an auto loader. Will try to post pics later. Thanks again for the encouragement. LOL, my wife says I need lots of prodding because of my procrastinator mentality-- she may have something there, wc
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-6 wrote: Hi Charlie, Have had it parked in the safe for 3-4 years. Just oiled it down good and said bye for now. When in the Marines I fired comp. a bit and just could not stand the eight inch group at 100 yds. Will take your advice and give the bore a thorough cleaning and try it again. It is a sweet operating shooter. Was shooting at multiple deer late and my son thought I was using an auto loader. Will try to post pics later. Thanks again for the encouragement. LOL, my wife says I need lots of prodding because of my procrastinator mentality-- she may have something there, wc
Sort of on topic - When my wife used to accuse me of being a procrastinatior, my reply was "If it weren't for procrastination, I wouldn't get anything done". With a smile, of course!
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LOL, a smile gets one out of lots of trouble with "moma"---most of the time. wc
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