Here's a couple I'm working on.
Winchester Model 92 SRC 44-40. Pistol grip & shotgun butt.
Came w/o any wood at all and a poorly bent lower tang. An attempt to make a pistol grip style that didn't work out I'd guess. Perhaps something else was the objective knowing a little of the history,,but I won't go there.
I reworked the lower tang to a presentable curve like an original PG.
Stocked it with American Walnut. The steel butt plate is a Winchester original checkered steel from a '97. Too long it had to be hammer flattened a bit, the checkering filed and belted off. That tin top spur takes longer than the rest of the plate to inlet!
Works fine,,just down to a 'rasp' finish here. Needs final sanding, finish and a 'Winchester Deluxe' style checkering pattern.
Having too much fun with it the way it is though.
Winchester Model 63 Smooth top receiver. Nice clean rifle, I just stocked it. Nothing else. A couple coats of finish on the wood and have been playing with this one too. Needs the final finish and checkering as above. Maybe it'll get engraved too. American Walnut wood
Precarved stock to start with.
Marlin Model 43T (Trap) shotgun project.
Original wood,,European Walnut. Not ultra fancy but nice enough and strong. Refinished, checkering recut. I fitted a new correct style pad to replace the plywood spacer and whiteline Pacmeyer pad that was on it.
Forend is done too. Both are still getting a touch of drying oil every few days as the metal is being fluffed up.
Just adding some engraving to the metal.
Not a factory pattern but something that fits the era I think (early to mid 20's), Engraving right thru and over the original rust blue finish. There are a few worn spots and the normal small scratches and marks from 90yrs of use, you can see them yet in the last picture. But many will disappear in the work and the rest will reappear as I again use the shotgun and the wear and use creeps back upon it.
I like the gently used look and like to gently use the guns instead of leaving them sit behind glass somewhere
Once the engraving is complete, the metal will be re-rust blued right over the original finish. The engraving will match right in with it.
It's been one of my favorite skeet guns for a couple of years. It only became a project when the rear firing pin broke and I took it apart to make a new one. The rest of the re-do started then. Just because,,,
A couple pics of the wood and one poor look at the in progress engraving.
Needs some shading yet and background. I have to decide which birds, squirrels and dogs I want on it yet too. That usually gets decided in a sudden moment as I sit down to work and gets done there and then. Not much for paper & pencil planning.
