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Mike Hunter

Thanks Again to KirkD for letting me use his rifle on my site; most of my customers don’t want it known that they had work done on their guns…. Steve; they look good assembled, still think the side plates on those SxS need to be CCH’d though. Color Case Hardening is not a difficult process; but you ...

Mike Hunter

Got in a Winchester 1886 a while back, nice rife, had been Color Case Hardened by someone else (advertises a lot in Gun List). Buttplate cracked when the owner tried to install it, too hard, frame was warped enough that the bolt wouldn’t operate properly, lower tang warped… geesh what a mess. A lot ...

Mike Hunter

Killer...

Just noticed that you stated Low Wall, sorry, believe the Low Wall Shank size is the same as 73/92/94s : .808 with 16 TPI

Sorry about the confusion

Mike

Mike Hunter

One other thing is the ejector, they are caliber specific, so if you want to change ctg size you will need to change or modify the ejector. They are hardened, so either machine with carbide tooling or anneal them prior to machining then re harden them. I just made the barrels & converted a coupl...

Mike Hunter

Measure the Shank Dia of the Uberti, believe the Win 1885 dia is fairly large; around .935 . not in my shop right now so don't hold me to it. If the shank dia of the Uberti is the same size or larger, then the answer is yes, it can be rethreadded to fit. 1885's have a 16 TPI standard 60 deg V thread...

Mike Hunter

Go back to you hardware store and buy a little bottle of pipe threading oil, or dark cutting oil, its highly sulperized and stinks to high heaven.

Running a tap in SS, go very slow and clear the chips often, stainless can be some hard stuff, normal HSS taps really don’t like SS.

Mike Hunter

Ok

What you need is a good Lathe: $ 8-10K
Bison 5C Collet chuck $500
Emergency 5 C Collet $25

Now bore the 5 C collett, to the same size as the head, now just put screw into chuck and trim off .065

Easy

Mike Hunter

Does anyone know about the American Hunters and Shooters Association ? I just listening to a radio ad by the AHSA endorsing Obama, and the ad was paid for by Obama. Now best that I can tell Obama has never been a big supporter of the Constitution’s Second Amendment. So what’s the deal? Is this a sha...

Mike Hunter

Ok.

Take the mag plug out, remove the cross pin from mag hanger, remove the 2 screws from the fe cap. now it should slide out. If its been in for a whaile (couple of decades) it may need some minor twisting. It may also help to grease the tube, help it thru the mag ring.

Mike

Mike Hunter

I've shot M1As for years, currently have a 18in bbl scout. Accuracy with open sights is about 1 1/2 inch groups at 100, the front blade is the standard width, not a NM front, with scope I would expect sub MOA. As to the trigger, sure they can be worked on, but take you gun out and shoot it first bef...

Mike Hunter

First of all, don’t lap it in. As stated earlier that affects both mating surfaces. Take it to a gunsmith with a lathe, and who knows how to use it. The 94 is threaded .13/16 -20. So one turn of the barrel will move the barrel in .05 (or fifty thou) With that in mind, yes ¼ turn is a bit much, you w...

Mike Hunter

She was my pick from the start; this will really throw a wrench in the O campaign. She's a woman: She'll get the disenfranchised Hilliary supporters. Mother of 5: Gets the soccer mom vote Member of NRA: Gets the gun nut vote She's conservative: gets the Right wing vote She's drop dead gorgeous: Gets...

Mike Hunter

Old Savage Beat it, dont know.... But again for consistant performance, I'd go with a Sako. Every company that makes guns has a few great shooters, and a few dogs, most are somewhere in the middle. Sako is the only company that air guages each barrel and has a 1 MOA accuracy claim. So if you get a r...

Mike Hunter

Simple... The Sako FinnWolf

Sako is the only mass producer of rifles that guarantees 1 MOA when the rifle leaves the factory.

I've got two, both over 20 years old, and both will do 1 inch groups at 100 all day long, to the point that its almost boring.

Mike Hunter

Still doing restorations

Thanks

Mike

Mike Hunter

I’ve been doing CCH in the shop for 4-5 years now, it surprises me at times that folks think they can do this in their back yard with a hibachi grill. If I remember correctly initial investment was close to 3K, digitally controlled heat treat oven, stainless steel crucibles, quench tank, aeration sy...

Mike Hunter

Friend of mine sent me this, thought I would share I know that some of you don't like to read long drawn out missives...so here's the executive summary......... John McCain: Congress - 26 Years, Military - 22 years Barack Obama Congress - 143 days , Military- 0 Summary Concluded. Quote of the Day......

Mike Hunter

Unfortunately that sorry good for nothing gunsmith that did Steve's gun stopped doing the modifiaction. It's just the world we live in today; I can just see myself in front of a lawyer, in some civil case, "so Mr. Hunter, did you or did you not modify the firearm so that the very important fact...

Mike Hunter

I've done a few in the past, then I got concernned with liability issues... "disabling a factory safety". Not nessisarily for the immediate customer, but down the road. Some Idiot decides instead of drilling holes in a piece of sheet metal with a drill, he pulls out his 45-70, and fires of...

Mike Hunter

Joe

I might have what you're looking for. I just bought an 86 frame with a 71 barrel attached... sight unseen. I have been told that the barrel looks to be mint. Give me a call in a couple of days or PM me for details.

Mike Hunter
www.Hunterrestorations.com

Mike Hunter

Ranger Clay

Sent you a PM

Mike Hunter

Mike Hunter

Range Clay Thanks for joining the forum. As you can see there is a lot of interest here as to this 92. Do you know if the owner is planning on having a "forensic" investigation done on the 92? Would really like to hear the outcome. Also did you take note of the SN of the rifle? Mike Hunter...

Mike Hunter

Can't say I’ve seen that kind or damage on a 92 before. Have seen several 1876s and 1886s that have blown both the barrel and the frame. All were due to over charge (double and triple) of smokeless. My guess is that this was an overcharge of a really hot powder like Bullseye. I doubt it was metal fa...

Mike Hunter

Are you looking for one for the original Winchester 1886s with flat mainspring or the newer type with coil mainspring.? Right now we’re making the original style hammers (stirup, flat mainspring) in either blue or CCH finish. These are identical to the original 86 hammers, with the fleur-de-lis type...

Mike Hunter

I think you confusing versatile with being able to accessorize. There are tons of accessories for the M16/AR15 platform; my guess is that it’s the coolness factor. The military uses it….. Well then it must be good..or at least cool. You have a lot of wanna be’s … but that guy getting shot at…. There...

Mike Hunter

Yes I have

Its Rodney Storie

Tried to get some castings done about 10 years ago..kinda fell thru.

here's a POC;

http://www.frontierarmory.com/

Good Luck

Mike

Mike Hunter

An MWO is a Modification Work Order... military jargon for a change. The Change could be anything from the change in lube oil and cleaning procedures to redesigning major components. The M16 series has had more that any other rifle that I know of…mostly trying get the thing to work reliably. And jus...

Mike Hunter

22 years in the service, 10 years in US Army Special Forces (Green Berets)…. In my inexperienced and uninformed opinion… the M16/AR15 series rifle is a piece of junk. How many changes have been made to the design to get it to operate sort of reliably??? Change powder, change buffer spring, change bu...

Mike Hunter

Nope Didn't make it to the Cody show this year, taking the kids to Disney this summer (hopefully).... Big mistake not going, really miss not being there, lots of great guns and really great folks. John Madl is the guy I normally set up with, most folks have been dropping work off with him (like I ne...

Mike Hunter

Well sorry about the lack of PICS, I was a customer's gun and I generally don't post pics of customer's guns.

But the customer was extremely happy, now has two more guns he "needs" ivories on.

Mike Hunter
www.hunterrestorations

Mike Hunter

Ok shameless plug, but when a guy does good work, I think it needs to be recognized. Just had some ivory grips made by Paul Persinger, to say the least â€¦very nice work, actually, itâ€™s the best Iâ€™ve seen. A customer wanted some ivory grips put on a target model woodsman that I had restored, Now...

Mike Hunter

Iâ€™m not a big fan of cold blues, kind of like repainting your car with a spray can, it can be done, and some can do a good job, but itâ€™s not really the way to go. Most cause more problems than they are worth i.e... After rust. And even the best seem to turn brown after a few years. There seems t...

Mike Hunter

I think I know what youâ€™re talking about, but wont know for sure until I have objects in hand or some good pics. Are these shell holders hardened, if I remember correctly most are (do a file test on them). But if itâ€™s a simple drilling / reaming / boring job, should be easy, what kind of toleran...

Mike Hunter

Jay $150 is pretty cheap to have someone else do it. What will it cost to DIY, $50 for a liner, chamber reamer unless you have one then its another fifty sixty bucks, do you have a lathe or are you planning on doing it with a hand drill? Finishing off the muzzle/ breech end; a 2 minute job in a lath...

Mike Hunter

Kaschi I make repo barrels for the old Winchester's, w/ correct roll marks. Unfortunately I do not have the correct markings for the new Marlins or brownings. If you want a "generic" bbl (unmarked except for cal) for your Marlin, thats fairly easy to do. Mike Hunter www.hunterrestorations....

Mike Hunter

What kind of barrels do you need?

Mike Hunter
Hunter Restorations
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Mike Hunter

I would stay away from high pressure loads in your 1st gen SAA. I donâ€™t know when your SAA was made but itâ€™s clearly a BP framed Colt. I donâ€™t know if your cylinder is a rebored 1st gen 32-20 cylinder or a 2nd gen cylinder. Many of the early cylinders & frames were made out of iron not ste...

Mike Hunter

Now I'm really curious about the Pm that prompted this post?

"It all started when me and a friend were driving down I 95 at 125 MPH taking bong hits thru a homemade sten submachine gun........

Mike Hunter
www.Hunterrestorations.com

Mike Hunter

Again the suffix was for engineering changes, there were other changes besides just the dust cover dovetail (Mortise). First model 73 had the tips on the lower tang that slid into the frame; had one piece triggers, no lever safety, and mag tubes with screw in mag plugs etc. Second models had some ot...

Mike Hunter

â€œActually the "A" and "B" are simply a factory work mark. They do not designate any caliber, special part or other variation.â€

Mike Hunter

The B suffix denotes a third model. Winchester made changes to the design over the years. Third models will have an dust cover rail forged as part of the frame, change in hammer screw etc.

Mike Hunter

if you mean Fred Goodwin up in Maine... Yup he's still around, 97 or 100 years old. Sold all hsi Winchester stuff about a year ago, now I hear he's back into it.

Mike

Mike Hunter

Thereâ€™s an old saying: an amateur keeps practicing until he gets it right, an expert keeps practicing until he canâ€™t get it wrong.

Mike Hunter
www.Hunterrestorations.com

Mike Hunter

Interesting post on the LC Smith forum:

http://members.boardhost.com/lcsmith/msg/1206448768.

Mike Hunter

Good Fit & Finish vs poor fit & finish, hard for me to decribe in detail...But I know it when I see it.

Mike

Mike Hunter

What brings the money is Selleck's name and that it was used in the movie.

Oterwise 15-20K... 1886 Carbine, in 50 Ex is kinda rare, I've only seen a couple of others... besides the one that's in my safe...

Mike Hunter

Probally old news to most of you,

http://www.rockislandauction.com/view_i ... iid=217123

Mike Hunter

Something else to consider; once you reline that barrelâ€¦ that barrel is toast, no way to repair.

Put on a new barrel, keep the original, put it on later on; its all original again.

Mike Hunter

SixGun Well I understand your pointâ€¦to a point. I do take offence to: â€œwhatever, are made by unscrupulous counterfeiters who are trying to capitalize on other people's lesser knowledge of these fine antiques. (Unless, of course, the restoration is properly markedâ€™ Think itâ€™s a bit extreme: S...

Mike Hunter

Ok here are my thoughts; but keep in mind that I am biased. Relining is the cheaper and the easier of the two methods. BUT unless done correctly can be easily spotted: wrong number of groves, wrong grove or land width, incorrect rate of twist, seam between barrel & liner. A competent collector c...

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