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TCRken

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Gunsmith needed
« 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

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Re: Gunsmith needed
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2013, 07:34:00 PM »
Get your google on...  Will this help???  http://www.homesteadparts.com/shopcart/Winchester_1886.htm

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

Not sure if these are the needed parts
« Last Edit: January 16, 2013, 07:36:55 PM by Radnor »
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Re: Gunsmith needed
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2013, 09:05:02 PM »
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TCRken

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Re: Gunsmith needed
« Reply #3 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

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Re: Gunsmith needed
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: Gunsmith needed
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2013, 06:33:34 PM »
I was out past Paul's Gun Shop last week and it was boarded up.
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