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General Gun Discussion => Rifles and Shotguns => Topic started by: TCRken on January 16, 2013, 06:58:44 PM

Title: Gunsmith needed
Post by: TCRken on January 16, 2013, 06:58:44 PM

I'm looking for a gunsmith, hopefully not hours away from Hockessin. 

In my finish work of stock and forearm on my 1886 Winchester I have managed to loose two of the magazine cap screws.  How I managed to do this dumb thing is beyond a "senior moment" but I did.  The screws are quite small and are threaded on the magazine cap sides into the barrel dovetailed cap hanger.  Either I need replacement screws (are they even available after 100 years?) or new ones requiring the hanger to be rethreaded.

Can someone point me to a good smith that can do this work?

Ken

Title: Re: Gunsmith needed
Post by: Radnor on January 16, 2013, 07:34:00 PM

Get your google on...  Will this help???  http://www.homesteadparts.com/shopcart/Winchester_1886.htm (http://www.homesteadparts.com/shopcart/Winchester_1886.htm)

http://homesteadparts.com/shopcart/pid_857.htm (http://homesteadparts.com/shopcart/pid_857.htm)

Not sure if these are the needed parts

Title: Re: Gunsmith needed
Post by: Lumspond on January 16, 2013, 09:05:02 PM

Also check these sites:
Numrich - http://www.gunpartscorp.com/
Brownells - http://www.brownells.com/
Bob's - http://www.gun-parts.com/index.html/

Title: Re: Gunsmith needed
Post by: TCRken on January 17, 2013, 03:18:08 PM

Thanks for the response, I will tuck these away for any future reference on my '86. 

It appears God loves old fools... I went back to my work bench and found the Ziploc baggie under the work pad where I had placed the screws while working on the stock and forearm.  I had forgotten that I'd put them there so they wouldn't get lost!!   :-[

It does beg the question tho, is there a full service gunsmith in the area?  I went looking on Google and phoning some businesses but all the ones I contacted were basically retail shops that could mount scopes but weren't really gunsmiths.

Ken

Title: Re: Gunsmith needed
Post by: formerly known as frank on January 17, 2013, 03:48:15 PM

I know of none in your area, maybe someone here does. Paul's on rt. 10 south of Camden-Wyoming and Roger Perry near Georgetown are two I know of. Check out gunshooter.com.

Title: Re: Gunsmith needed
Post by: SturmRugerSR9 on January 17, 2013, 06:33:34 PM

I was out past Paul's Gun Shop last week and it was boarded up.