Sorry for asking so many questions. I just got away from buying bolt action rifles by picking up a BLR 358, and realized I wanted an old gun to make use of my Curio and Relic license, which saves Californians a few boxes of ammo $.... The Winchester I have in my posession is a 1920 dated, half octag...

Lead may be what I am seeing w/ my old eyes. I see what looks like dust in the grooves. I can take a wood centered Q-tip and try and rub the dust and nothing happens, and even a 243 brush doesn't remove it. I soaked it in hoppe's in a gun cradle last night and just pushed a fresh patch down the tube...

Thanks again. More good food for thought. Yes, even with a reline the total would be within reason. I really wanted to find one of you savvy shooters wanting to trade up, so I would know the rifle shot whatever seller says groups were obtainable, as any internet/ gunbroker deal would normally be a c...

Thanks all for the replies. Funny thing is, I can feel roughness at the muzzle, and putting some hoppes down the bore shows copper fouling...... Even though I scrubbed it well, it looks fuzzy like dust particles but a soft Q tip doesn't remove it. Maybe this is so fouled it looks bad. I would expect...

I picked up a very nice looking 1894 half octagon/ half round barrel, full length tube rifle that has been refinished but price meets my needs. I couldn't get the bore clean at the sellers, got it home and found, as usual, the reason it was reblued was it had rusted.... No surprise but hoped barrel ...

I have sold this gun.....

Allen