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Old Bill Dibble · September 23, 2016, 07:14 AM

I picked up a extremely well used late 50s Wingmaster for cheap the other day. The finish on it is about gone and the front sight post is missing. The barrel is 18"+ and there is no extended magazine. The action feels surprisingly tight and it cycles easily. The dirt had built up on it so heavily that serial number was not readable without a lot of cleaning.

I want to do an era Police Style rebuild on it. Any ideas about police models of that day would be appreciated.

I was thinking:

- Parkerizing
- Original style sight post
- Era sling

Not sure what else hence the thread. I'll throw a picture of it up later. Till then:

September 23, 2016, 07:14 AM	#1
Old Bill Dibble Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2016 Posts: 802	Police Retro Build I picked up a extremely well used late 50s Wingmaster for cheap the other day. The finish on it is about gone and the front sight post is missing. The barrel is 18"+ and there is no extended magazine. The action feels surprisingly tight and it cycles easily. The dirt had built up on it so heavily that serial number was not readable without a lot of cleaning. I want to do an era Police Style rebuild on it. Any ideas about police models of that day would be appreciated. I was thinking: - Parkerizing - Original style sight post - Era sling Not sure what else hence the thread. I'll throw a picture of it up later. Till then: __________________ "Tragedy has been and will always be with us. Somewhere right now, evil people are planning evil things. All of us will do everything meaningful, everything we can do to prevent it, but each horrible act can’t become an axe for opportunists to cleave the very Bill of Rights that binds us."