Eastern Carbine Update... I Bought It

[CBinNH]

I decided that I liked it well enough to own it. http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=39006 I don't see
this configuration very often. Got it & a box of Winchester ammo for $425. It just feels good in my hands. Bore cleaned up
nice & shiney with good rifling. Still in the teens here so I didn't try it yet. It does feed
& eject well. Last 2 pics show the issues. Here she is:

[draperjojo]

I like it1

[Ben_Rumson]

Nice score!!

[kimwcook]

Nice acquisition that's for sure. The issues don't seem like ones I couldn't get over in a heartbeat.

[Griff]

A little sawdust, epoxy, and some elbow grease, it'll be like new... Almost! Looks good.

[Booger Bill]

Slap some weldwood glue in there and your good to go!

[Mainehunter]

It's better looking than I thought! I just shoot it the way it is and try her out. Just remember to post the range report....SOON!

Mainehunter

[wecsoger]

Sounds like a good price and it does have plenty of character.

As far as the 'issues', I would fix the crack and leave the gouge. How did they do that anyway, start chopping it up for kindling?

I'm not even sure I would do major amounts of stripping and cleaning.

If it shoots well, leave as-is and make up a lot of good stories to go along with it!

[J Miller]

Not bad, not bad at all. I wouldn't loose any sleep over the issues. They don't affect the shooting of it.

Joe

[pokey]

faced with that opportunity/choice, i would have purchased
it as well. nice find.

[edwardyoung]

Glad you decided to get it. I would have, too.

[JerryB]

I think you made a real good choice, oil it up and use it.

[O.S.O.K.]

Congrats! That's a great buy! I like it too

[pwl44m]

YOu said it had issues !! @ $1500 it has issues @ $425 they seem to dissappear. Nice score, there is just something about old Winchesters.
Perry

[model55]

Those are marks of character!

[30-30]

I like it1

+1 -- I like it too--in the end not a bad price... :)

[rbertalotto]

CAUTION!

Replace the stock and forend and hang on to the origionals without repairing them. Your grandkids will thank you in about 100 years!

Wood for that gun is easily found either new and needing finishing, or prefinished.

What a great deal.............If you want to make an easy $100 I'll give yopu $525.............

[pwl44m]

CAUTION!

Replace the stock and forend and hang on to the origionals without repairing them. Your grandkids will thank you in about 100 years!

Wood for that gun is easily found either new and needing finishing, or prefinished.

What a great deal.............If you want to make an easy $100 I'll give yopu $525.............

Wow!! have You ever seen such a generous bunch? LOL I will keep You in mind RB If I ever want to move something.
Perry

[Streetstar]

YOu said it had issues !! @ $1500 it has issues @ $425 they seem to dissappear. Nice score, there is just something about old Winchesters.
Perry

totally agree --- thats a cool carbine

[Borregos]

Glad you decided to get it. I would have, too.

+1

[M. M. Wright]

What in the foot fire made that gouge in the butt-stock? I think it adds character too and wouldn 't bother me a bit if it were mine. Do you keep bedding compound? Like Acraglass or similar? Just leave out the stuff that makes it thick and the dye too. Best glue you will ever find for that crack in the fore-end.
Great find. Enjoy!

[Tycer]

What in the foot fire made that gouge in the butt-stock?

I dunno, but I'd check the tang area for a crack and maybe a bent tang, looks like someone grabbed it by the barrel and took a swing at something pretty hard.

Beautiful gun!

[cshold]

Yeah know, I would bet if we could just talk to and hear some of the stories
from the previous stewards of the guns that we are now the stewards of I have
a hunch we wouldn’t touch a ding, scratch, or dent on these old girls.