Winchester 1890 .22 Lr refurbish. Before.

One of our good customers had this Winchester 1890 in .22 lr he had brought in to have a value put on a while back. We figured it would be around $450 in it’s current condition, it’s well used but still very desirable. He mentioned it was a gun he had inherited so he had no intention of selling it but wanted to know if we could polish it up. I said we could but it was going to diminish the value if we do, so he took the gun home as it was.

A few months later he walks into the shop and says” You know what. It’s just $450.00 and we had no intention of selling it so make it look SSSAAAWWWWEEEEEEEEEET!” Okay! Game on, we’ll polish it so it looks better than it did new. Full blue all the way down to the screws and leaf springs. Strip, sand and hand oil the stock to a show grade sheen. He agreed.

This project will be a labor of love that will probably take us most of the winter but stay tuned for updates and the final product!