winchester 1890 blueing
I saw a nice all original 1st year(1932) Winchester 61 years ago.
The blueing appeared deeper than the blued finish of the older model 1890s I had seen.
I have since seen this shiney deep blued finish on other 61s.
Recently I ran across a later model 1890 22 short(born in 1927)with the receiver blueing more like what I have seen on 61s than the older 1890s.
I can have it for a grand.
The action is tight.the wood and bore look great.
Can anyone tell me if they know of any differences in the factory blueing on early vs late model 1890s?
I dont want to pay $1000 for a re-blued gun.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Thank You.
EDIT:
A friend tells me he believes all 1890s in 22 short were gallery guns.
True or false?
Also.On the GB auction side a seller describes his 1890 as a gallery gun due to the milk bottle shaped loading port. Can someone please describe or show pics.of what a milk bottle shaped loading port is and if it differs from any of the other 1890 22 shorts loading ports?
Thank you.
The blueing appeared deeper than the blued finish of the older model 1890s I had seen.
I have since seen this shiney deep blued finish on other 61s.
Recently I ran across a later model 1890 22 short(born in 1927)with the receiver blueing more like what I have seen on 61s than the older 1890s.
I can have it for a grand.
The action is tight.the wood and bore look great.
Can anyone tell me if they know of any differences in the factory blueing on early vs late model 1890s?
I dont want to pay $1000 for a re-blued gun.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Thank You.
EDIT:
A friend tells me he believes all 1890s in 22 short were gallery guns.
True or false?
Also.On the GB auction side a seller describes his 1890 as a gallery gun due to the milk bottle shaped loading port. Can someone please describe or show pics.of what a milk bottle shaped loading port is and if it differs from any of the other 1890 22 shorts loading ports?
Thank you.
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The early Model 1890 rifles that were blued (after mid 1901) were "Rust" blued. Later in the production, they were machine blued (carbonum). The early Model 61 rifles were also machine blued, then in 1939, they were Du-lite (dip-blued). 0 -
Bert H...thank you very much. 0
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