wooosaah wrote:Could anyone recommend a gunsmith to work on lever action rifle for cowboy action in Melbourne?
I am getting a Uberti 1873 Competition for cowboy action shooting. A lot of the Americans on the SASS forums seem to advocate changing springs on a new rifle but I don't know where to take it.
wooosaah wrote:Could anyone recommend a gunsmith to work on lever action rifle for cowboy action in Melbourne?
I am getting a Uberti 1873 Competition for cowboy action shooting. A lot of the Americans on the SASS forums seem to advocate changing springs on a new rifle but I don't know where to take it.
marksman wrote:there are guys in the club who could help but beware that once done there is no return, I have seen some real farkups done
IMO better to just use it and it will get slick itself
bladeracer wrote:marksman wrote:there are guys in the club who could help but beware that once done there is no return, I have seen some real farkups done
IMO better to just use it and it will get slick itself
I haven't seen any permanent modifications, only different parts and modified parts, nothing that can't be returned to original.
Are there mods that actually alter the receiver?
marksman wrote:the mods that I have seen that are destructive are polishing parts so that the lever will basically throw with very little effort but IMO they are just wearing the rifles out by doing this, abrasive paste is used and the lever is opened and closed until they get the result they want, I have had a couple of guys ask me if I can restore there lever guns after the so called slick job but I told them I couldn't, one wouldn't even eject a case anymore when he got it back after the so called slick job
anyone contemplating this should be aware that they may not like the end job
bladeracer wrote:marksman wrote:the mods that I have seen that are destructive are polishing parts so that the lever will basically throw with very little effort but IMO they are just wearing the rifles out by doing this, abrasive paste is used and the lever is opened and closed until they get the result they want, I have had a couple of guys ask me if I can restore there lever guns after the so called slick job but I told them I couldn't, one wouldn't even eject a case anymore when he got it back after the so called slick job
anyone contemplating this should be aware that they may not like the end job
Wouldn't you just replace those parts with original ones to return it to original condition?
marksman wrote:bladeracer wrote:Wouldn't you just replace those parts with original ones to return it to original condition?
better off to buy another blade
Gamerancher wrote:It is when parent metal is removed from the action.
Gamerancher wrote:Yes, seen a few guns that have been ruined in this way. Totally "bubba'd" by an "expert".
bladeracer wrote:Gamerancher wrote:Yes, seen a few guns that have been ruined in this way. Totally "bubba'd" by an "expert".
Wow, that really would ruin it.